Wednesday’s session was marked by heightened volatility and mixed price action, ultimately resulting in losses across all major BSE indices. Weakness in Bulgarian Real Estate Fund (BREF, EUR 2.64, -2.22%) and Eurohold (EUBG, EUR 1.08, -2.70%) weighed on the benchmarks, pushing SOFIX (1 356.08, -0.80%) and BGREIT (230.01, -1.32%) to the bottom of the index performance table. Selective buying interest nevertheless emerged in a few names. Neochim (NEOH, EUR 12.50, +13.64%) registered an upward move...
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Singapore equities delivered a strong January performance, with the STI rising 5.6% to fresh record highs amid heightened geopolitical tensions that drove flight-to-safety flows. Manufacturing activity remained in mild expansion, led by electronics and AI-related demand. Market/corporate catalysts during the month include REIT earnings, IPO interest in Catalist and continued strength in gold-linked counters.
Bloody start of the week fixed SOFIX at 1 354.78 (-1.46%). Chimimport (CHIM, EUR 0.51, -10.53%) and First Investment Bank (FIB, EUR 3.42, -7.07%) slumped with insignificant daily volume while Doverie United Holding (DUH, EUR 6.88, -3.64%) dropped under a moderate selling pressure on Monday. Sirma Group Holding (SGH, EUR 1.24, -3.88%) disappointed investors with poor Q4’25 financial performance and the IT holding lost altitude with small daily turnover. Sopharma Trading (SFT, EUR 3.84, -4.00%) an...
It appeared that the fresh 18-year highs reached in recent sessions attracted increased profit-taking, as the Bulgarian equity market came under selling pressure on Friday, echoing the cautious sentiment from global markets. SOFIX (1 374.91, -0.76%) closed lower, weighed down by declines in Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 68.00, -2.30%) and First Investment Bank (FIB, EUR 3.68, -2.13%), despite the absence of any negative surprises in the latest financial disclosures. On a broader base, Eleven Capital (...
The positive sentiment on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange weakened on Thursday, pushing all major indexes into negative territory, with SOFIX (1 385.46, -1.40%) recording the steepest decline. Doverie (DUH, EUR 7.10, -8.51%) came under pronounced selling pressure, followed by Smart Organic (SO, EUR 17.20, -3.37%), Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, EUR 1.84, -3.16%), and Chimimport (CHIM, EUR 0.58, -3.33%), though trading volumes across these names remained subdued. A sharp advance in Sopharma Trading ...
Global macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges weighed on the Bulgarian economy over the past year, primarily through weaker external trade dynamics. Despite this, economic growth remained solid. Real GDP expanded by 2.8% in Q1, 3.5% in Q2, and 3.0% in Q3, supported almost entirely by strong domestic demand. Several factors underpinned this robust consumption growth with the most important being the growth of compensation and the euro transition effect. For 2026 the projections by major i...
The Bulgarian equity market entered a phase of consolidation after reaching an 18-year record high, with the main indexes posting their first losses since the beginning of the year. Recent top performer Chimimport (CHIM, EUR 0.585, -7.14%) led the pullback, followed by Sirma Group (SGH, EUR 1.20, -2.44%) and Elana Agrocredit (EAC, EUR 0.55, -2.65%). Profit-taking activity dominated the session, while trading volumes within SOFIX (1 395.85, -1.33%) remained below the 3-month average, indicating a...
Broad increase of index members lifted SOFIX (1 323.06, +4.42%) to an 18-year high. Sirma Group Holding (SGH, EUR 1.30, +17.12%) and Chimimport (CHIM, EUR 0.44, +15.79%) led daily gainers with higher daily turnover while Sopharma (SFA, EUR 1.785, +7.21%), Eurohold (EUBG, EUR 1.09, +7.92%) and Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, EUR 1.00, +5.26%) jumped without significant daily volume. Positive sentiment raised all other indexes and BGBX40 (224.48, +3.32%) and BGTR30 (1 064.12, +2.24%) closed green o...
Monday marked the final trading session of the year with BGN as the settlement currency. All major indexes closed in positive territory with solid gains, led by the broad BGBX40 (203.81, +0.98%). Sofia Commerce (SCOM, BGN 5.70, +11.76%), Speedy (SPDY, BGN 192.00, +6.67%), and Bravo Properties (BPF, BGN 1.03, +5.10%) topped the gainers’ list, although advances were achieved on low volumes and within widened bid/ask spreads. Investor focus remained on Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 1.89, +1.61%), which con...
We publish today our comprehensive quarterly bible: 242 pages of detailed analysis on what happened in the last 3 months, and how we interpret it, in light of our current convictions. The first section acts as a PM summary, outlining our key findings, and latest thoughts on the semi cycle, in 6 slides:
The final session of the last full trading week before year-end closed on a positive note for the Bulgarian equity market, reflecting the constructive sentiment observed in recent days. Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.745, +2.76%) and Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 1.86, +6.29%) contributed the most to SOFIX (1 148.45, +0.45%), which rewrote its 18-year high. Meanwhile, light-volume trades with Albena (ALB, BGN 27.60, +5.34%) and Gradus (GR6, BGN 1.09, +9.00%) drove the outperformance of the broader BGBX40 (201....
The Bulgarian stock market closed in positive territory on Wednesday, as investor activity continued to improve toward the end of both the month and the year. SOFIX gained 0.34%, finishing the session at 1 138.81 points. The advance was driven primarily by increased interest in Elana Agrocredit (EAC, BGN 1.08, +2.86%), as well as continued strong trading in Sopharma (SFA, BGN 2.89, +1.40%), which has been among the most actively traded shares in recent weeks. Additional support for the index cam...
The Bulgarian equity market kept its recent upward trend, adding another meaningful portion to the weekly gains for all major indexes. SOFIX (1 108.63, +1.20%) recorded a new 18-year high, once again driven by Doverie (DUH, BGN 11.60, +9.43%) at the top of the leader board. The increasing investor interest ahead of the upcoming switch from BGN to EUR continued to attract additional participation, with Sopharma (SFA, BGN 2.78, +1.83%) and Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.71, +1.43%) standing out in this s...
All major indexes on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange advanced on Thursday, reflecting renewed buying interest following fresh corporate updates and strong financial results. The upcoming transition from BGN to EUR remained in focus, prompting investors more frequently to “halve” prices to gauge their euro-equivalent levels. SOFIX (1 095.44, +0.67%) led the advance with a fresh 18-year high, supported once again by the continued surge in Doverie (DUH, BGN 10.60, +6.21%), whose standalone strength ha...
The broad indexes BGBX40 (195.46, +0.16%) and BGTR30 (951.52, +0.14%) captured modest gains as retail investors reacted positively to the latest financial results from Telelink Business Services (TBS, BGN 9.85), easily pushing the stock up 16.38% amid a thin sell-side order book. SOFIX (1 089.49) finished unchanged, as choppy price action in Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE, BGN 11.50, -3.36%) and Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BGN 1.75, +2.94%) offset each other, allowing the benchmark to confirm ...
The Bulgarian equity market faced a broader-based session at the start of December, resulting in mixed moves across the major indexes. BGBX40 (195.15, +0.21%) led the gainers as Doverie (DUH, BGN 9.52, +3.03%) and Eleven Capital (11C, BGN 16.50, +2.48%) supported the advance, while Neochim (NEOH, BGN 23.00, +15.00%) surged the most, boosted by an unusually high-volume trade executed at the session’s peak price. The daily turnover continued to exceed the 3-month average on a broader front — a tre...
The Bulgarian equities inched higher on Friday, recovering most of the previous session’s losses and closing the week with modest gains. A rebound in Advance Terrafund (ATER, BGN 2.67, +1.91%) and a steady bid in Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 56.40, +1.44%) helped to lift all major indexes, with SOFIX (1 087.77, +0.14%) leading the advance. Trading volumes were broadly unchanged from the prior session, remaining subdued for the season. Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.70, 0.00%) and Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.90, +...
Back to Near-Term Bullish on SPX and QQQ We downgraded our near-term outlook on the S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) to neutral last week (11/19/25 Compass), after being bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, while maintaining our intermediate-term bullish outlook (as of our 5/14/25 Compass). Crucial support levels of 6480-6520 on SPX and $580-$583 on QQQ held last week, and we are right back to being near-term bullish as long as these support levels continue to hold. Just know that SPX could see...
Bulgarian equities ended the week firmly on the negative side, with most major indices posting declines as investors reassessed their positions amid heightened volatility across global markets. The local blue-chip index SOFIX slipped by 0.7% to close at 1 071.8 points, as the broader BGBX40 (192.56, -0.8%) and BGTR30 (941.65, -0.7%) mirrored the overall downward trend. Among the stocks we track, the top performers were Trace Group Hold (T57, BGN 5.20, +4.0%), the consistently strong Shelly Group...
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