Morning Bulletin - 27 February 2025

Agria Group Holding (AGH, BGN 20.50, +3.54%) announced neutral performance in Q4’24 while Shelly (SLYG, EUR 38.30, +1.06%) met the expectations but both companies raised their prices on Wednesday. SOFIX (898.54, -0.41%) retreated under the negative pressure of Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.81, -5.24%), Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BGN 1.64, -2.96%) and Doverie United Holding (DUH, BGN 7.90, -1.00%). Bulgarian Real Estate Fund (BREF, BGN 4.22, +1.93%) jumped without corporate news with moderate daily t...

Morning Bulletin - 25 February 2025

Retail investors and speculative trades ruled the trading on Monday as institutional investors were awaiting release of consolidation reports till the end of the week. SOFIX (896.82, +0.47%) advanced on the wings of Sopharma (SFA, BGN 5.84, +2.10%) and Elana Agrocredit (EAC, BGN 1.08, +0.93%) with insignificant daily turnover. Big bid-offer spreads lowered Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE, BGN 7.65, -0.65%) and Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.715, -0.69%).

Weekly bulletin - 17 February - 21 February 2025

The Bulgarian stock market ended the week mixed, as the main indexes followed the global mood and recorded a strongly negative Friday trading session. The local benchmark SOFIX lost 0.5% to settle at 892.61, while the broad ones BGBX40 (171.40, -0.3%) and BGTR30 (862.12, +0.2%) closed in opposite directions. The industrial M+S Hydraulic (MSH, BGN 9.40, +4.4%) was the top gainer within our list, followed by SOFIX members Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.72, +2.9%) and Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 37.20, +2.5%)...

Morning Bulletin - 20 February 2025

The positive sentiment raised SOFIX to 902.19 (+0.58%) on Wednesday. The main index crossed psychological level of 900 for a third time this year on the back of Advance Terrafund (ATER, BGN 3.24, +2.86%), Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.71, +2.16%) and First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.90, +1.04%). Negative impact on SOFIX came from Bulgarian Real Estate Company (BREF, BGN 4.12, -0.48%) driven by small speculative trades. Liquidity remained low as most of investors are awaiting the release of Q4 2024 co...

Weekly bulletin - 20 January - 24 January 2025

All indexes on the BSE retraced during the last week with the blue-chip SOFIX falling the least (887.56, -0.3%), while the broader BGTR30 dropped the most (854.80, -0.8%). The gainers within out watchlist were led by Doverie United Holding (DUH, BGN 8.06, +3.3%), which rose on the news of record profits of its subsidiary Moldindconbank. On the other hand, Wiser Technology (WISR, BGN 4.80, -5.9%) and Neochim (NEOH, BGN 27.20, -4.2%) dropped the most. Both the volumes (+114.2% YtD average) and the...

Morning Bulletin - 23 January 2025

The Bulgarian market experienced some selling actions during the session, though indexes‘performance didn’t reflect this. SOFIX (892.47) and BGBX40 (171.77) booked 0.03% gains powered by light-volume trades with Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BGN 1.72, +2.38), Sopharma Buildings (SFB, BGN 14.00, +12.00%) and Synergon (SNRG, BGN 1.10, +7.84%). The volumes were focused on Wiser Technologies (WISR, BGN 4.80, -3.61%). Possible reason for the selling pressure could be the depreciation of Triller (ILL...

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Weekly bulletin - 23 December - 27 December 2024

The last short trading week finished almost unchanged on BSE, though the final statistic data showed some decent gains for all major indexes in range between 8% to 16.7% high YtD. First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 4.32, +1.3%), Neochim (NEOH, BGN 27.00, +3.8%) and Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.99, +3.1%) were the weekly movers within our watch list though the decliners led the advancers by roughly 3-to-2 margin. The volumes expectedly remained lower than the average as Eurohold, Bulgarian Stock Exchange (...

Morning Bulletin - 23 December 2024

The Bulgarian market has another solid showing on Friday and all major indexes settled higher on above-average volume. SOFIX (890.83, +1.32%) rewrote fresh 16-years high as Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.93) led the movers once again with 4.32% gain, supported by Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.71, +2.16%) and Sopharma (SFA, BGN 5.86, +2.45%). Few more block trades were registered in this trading session with less traded names like Velgraf (VAM, BGN 4.82, 0.00%), Chimcnab (CHSB, BGN 66.00, +0.76%) and Rodna Zemy...

Weekly bulletin - 25 November - 29 November 2024

The Bulgarian stock market managed to end the week slightly lower on Friday, as the benchmark SOFIX (846.60, +0.0%) remained flat, while all other major indexes closed down, ranging from -0.2% to -0.4%. It was another great week for shares of Telematic Interactive (TIB, BGN 20.80, +6.1%), which led the gainers in our list of selected securities, followed by industrial Alcomet (ALCM, BGN 6.80, +4.6%) and Trace Group Hold (T57, BGN 5.65, +2.7%). The decliners led the advancers by 12-to 10, as the ...

Morning Bulletin - 2 December 2024

The Bulgarian market was mixed on Friday but a narrow range of names registered significant deviations in otherwise quiet session. The major indexes settled with losses as SOFIX (846.60, -0.20%) erased part of previous day gain, following the negative price actions in Agria Group (AGH, BGN 19.70, -2.48%) and First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.80, -4.04%), while the BGBX40 (166.09, -0.13%) and BGTR30 (850.17, -0.03%) performed slightly better, supported by Petrol (PET, BGN 0.89, +23.61%) and Sirma...

Morning Bulletin - 29 November 2024

Thursday’s trade was mixed with investors more on the sell side taking some profits at the end of the year. The decliners led the advancers roughly by 5-to-4 margin on Bulgarian Stock Exchange, though the daily movers Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.48, +2.07%) and Bianor (BNR, BGN 5.35, -3.60%) settled SOFIX (848.27) with 0.70% gain supported by the positive price actions with the heavy member Shelly Group (SLYG, BGN 34.40, +3.61%). Volumes improved on a broad base though the turnover of the benchmark in...

Morning Bulletin - 26 November 2024

Weekly bulletin - 18 November - 22 November 2024

The Bulgarian stock market finished the last trading week on a negative note, despite the improving global markets’ sentiment. The benchmark SOFIX retreated -0.8% to settle at 846.41, as the broad one- BGBX40 (166.48, -0.7%) performed similar. The sector index BGREIT (212.82, +0.0%) and BGTR30 (853.52, -0.1%) remained flat. Gradus (GR6, BGN 1.08, +8.0%) led the list of gainers within our list of selected companies, followed by the SOFIX members Agria Group (AGH, BGN 20.40, +3.8%) and Chimimport ...

Morning Bulletin - 25 November 2024

The Bulgarian equity market closed the week lower, erasing all gains registered during the week. The negative price actions with heavy members like Sopharma (SFA, BGN 5.60, -2.78%), Doverie (DUH, BGN 8.00, -2.68%) and Shelly (SLYG, EUR 34.00, -1.16%) defined the daily performance and the major indexes booked losses. The moving average of SOFIX (846.41) continued to narrow the range as the benchmark index closed 0.66% lower, followed by the broad indexes BGBX40 (166.48, -0.39%). The daily turnove...

Morning Bulletin - 22 November 2024

The buying power weakened and the Bulgarian equity market shortly shifted into earlier defined mid-term downtrend as investors took the opportunity to go cash. The late hour trades with Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 34.40, +0.29%) disguised the 5.24% drop during the session, caused by aggressive sell-offs and minimized the losses of major indexes on Thursday. The negative bias from Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.70, -2.10%) and Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 1.02, -2.86%) reflected on SOFIX (852.07, - 0.27%) and the ...

Morning Bulletin - 20 November 2024

The Bulgarian equity market had a cautious session and the main indexes split up on both sides of the surface. SOFIX (846.34, -0.57%) plunged more, nearing the 200-MA as the pharmaceutical sector, represented by Sopharma (SFA, BGN 5.60, -2.78%), met some negative price actions as the bid side order book weakened significantly after the ex-dividend date. BGBX40 (165.67, -0.81%) declined the most as Speedy (SPDY, BGN 200.00, -7.41%) weighted additionally on the broad index. The volumes remained fa...

Weekly bulletin - 11 November - 15 November 2024

This past week, Bulgarian stock market gave back some of the modest gains from the previous ones. The local Benchmark SOFIX lost 0.7% to settle at 853.51, as all the other major indexes closed down, ranging from 0.8% to 0.3%. For a second consecutive week the manufacturer of fertilizers and nitrogen compounds Neochim (NEOH, BGN 29.00, +11.5%) led the list of gainers in our list of selected securities, followed by Telematic Interactive (TIB, BGN 22.40, +3.7%) and Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BG...

Morning Bulletin - 14 November 2024

The enthusiasm on the Bulgarian market weakened on Wednesday and SOFIX (852.98, -0.48%) landed in red. Almost half of the index turnover came from Eurohold Bulgaria (EUBG, BGN 1.45, -2.03%), while the otherwise lack of investor’s interest activity left the turnover unimpressive. The daily gainers within SOFIX were Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 1.05, +2.94%) and Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.70, +1.45%). First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.82, -2.55%), Eurohold Bulgaria and Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE,...

Weekly bulletin - 21 October - 28 October 2024

The lack of investors’ enthusiasm and the negative trend on the Bulgarian stock market became more visible during the past week and all major indexes finished with losses. The local benchmark SOFIX decreased by 0.8% to settle at 847.18, while the broad ones – BGBX40 (167.02, -1.6%) and BGTR30 (853.24, -1.8%) performed worse. Speedy (SPDY, BGN 224.00, +3.7%) led the list of gainers within our list of selected companies, followed by the SOFIX members Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 1.08, +1.9%) and ...