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Nadejda Dafinkicheva

Weekly Bulletin - 23 September - 27 September 2019

All local indexes increased over the shorter past week with weekly turnover of 85% of the YTD average. The benchmark index SOFIX increased the least, growing only 0.3% WoW to 574.60 points, while BGTR30 (507.65), BGBX40 (113.81), and BGREIT (127.75) added 0.8%, 1.0%, and 0.9%, respectively. Top movers among members of our universe were Alcomet (6AM, BGN 10.10, +8.0%) and Bulgartabac Holding (57B, BGN 6.15, -23.1%), both moving on small, speculative trades. Stara Planina Hold (5SR, BGN 5.50, +7.8%) was among top gainers and the 3rd most traded company over the week, partially recovering after its recent exclusion form SOFIX. Most liquid was the other ex-SOFIX member M+S Hydraulic (5MH, BGN 6.35, +0.8%), which made up 14.4% of weekly turnover on BSE through block and smaller follow-up trades. 2nd most traded was Industrial Holding Bulgaria (4ID, BGN 1.04, +2.0%), which accounted for 10.4% of the total weekly turnover, after booking a 500k shares block trade.

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Nadejda Dafinkicheva

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