The Bulgarian stock market finished the last week on an upbeat mode as world markets continued to recover from the sharp pullback during the last months. The positive sentiment pushed the benchmark SOFIX up with 3.7% to settle at 927.04, while all other major indexes closed in green, ranging from 2.8% to 0.1%. The news about starting the procedure for dual listing of Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 1.21, +11.0%) put the company on the top of the gainers in our list of selected securities, followed...
The Bulgarian equity market continued to surprise the investors with gains on a broad base in the last trading day on the week. SOFIX (927.04, +1.24%) recorded new 18-years high following the advance of the financial sector, represented by First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 4.50, +3.69%), Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BGN 1.57, +1.29%) and Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.72, +2.13%), though there was lack of news around the names and the buying interest was more spontaneous. BGBX40 (176.26, +0.77%) and BG...
The Bulgarian equity market had a mixed showing on Wednesday, though all major indexes registered gains in range between 0.25% and 0.66% led by the tech sector. The news about started procedure for dual listing of Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 1.17, +5.41%) attracted investors and the price quickly reached BGN 1.18 as the optimism spread out and Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 35.20, +1.44%) met some buying interest too. The trading activity was widely based and the volumes improved significantly compared to pr...
The Bulgarian equity market continued to be sluggish and the main indexed finished with small changes on Wednesday. Shelly (SLYG, EUR 33.70, +1.81%) and First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.98, +1.53%) supported the indexes with moderate buying interest, while Eleven Capital (11C, BGN 13.00, -5.80%) and Agria Group (AGH, BGN 21.60, -3.57%) took over some sell pressure and placed BGTR30 (868.18, -0.36%) on negative territory. The volumes remained low as the trading activity was poor, though block tr...
The Bulgarian equity market registered gains on Wednesday, rebounding from the previous day losses, which settled the major indexes close to their daily highs. SOFIX (884.09) advanced 0.40% on the ground of small trades registered with First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.98, +4.74%), Sopharma (SFA, BGN 5.80, +1.05%) and Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.70, +2.13%). The trading activity was poor like in the last few trading sessions with low volumes and a significant part of untraded index names. M+S Hydrau...
The Bulgarian stocks marked a mixed week, as during the four trading days, the local benchmark SOFIX added 0.4% to settle at 885.82. The broader BGBX40 (169.95, +0.5%) and BGTR30 (865.83, -1.8%) ended in opposite directions. In this shortened trading week the turnover barely reached 49% of its YTD average, while block deal with one illiquid name pushed the volumes (+186.9% YTD avg.) to an unusual level. The weekly top performers within our selected companies were Trace Group Hold (T57, BGN 6.0, ...
The Bulgarian equity market met some low-volume buying interest , which left all major indexes with additional value in the pockets on Wednesday. The positive bias came from Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.705, +3.68%), First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.94, +3.68%) and Doverie (DUH, BGN 8.10, +2.02%) for SOFIX (887.19, +0.83%) and Neochim (NEOH, BGN 24.00, +2.56%) and Emka (EMKA, BGN 1.99, +2.05%) for the broad indexes – BGXB40 (170.28, +0.64%) and BGTR30 (868.26, +0.61%). The order book weakened and th...
The global equity markets recouped some of the recent losses, following the mix of positive and negative headlines, but uncertainty and volatility remained worldwide. The Bulgarian stock market did not manage to find support and indexes finished the week mainly on the red side. The local benchmark SOFIX added 0.4% to settle at 882.88, while the broader BGBX40 (169.02, -0.4%) and BGTR30 (863.70, -2.1%) moved in opposite direction. SOFIX member Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 1.08, +5.9%) and indust...
After the turmoil on the world markets, the Bulgarian stock exchange also registered huge fluctuations and uncertainty which set SOFIX at 873.59 (-0.58%). The US market became a casino with enormous daily fluctuations thus influencing all investors worldwide. Despite moderate financial performance Smart Organic (SO, BGN 26.80, -2.19%), Shelly (SLYG, EUR 32.80, -2.09%) and First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.78, -2.58%) weighed on the main index and fully offset the positive move of Sirma Group Hol...
The Bulgarian equity market rebounded on Tuesday by eliminating the previous session decline and all major indexes registered gains in range between 0.39% and 1.79% with BGBX40 (168.21) on top. The positive bias came from moderate-volume trades led by Sirma (SGH, BGN 1.06, +6.00%), Smart Organic (SO, BGN 27.40, +5.38%), Wiser Technologies (WISR, BGN 4.72, +5.36%) and Sofia Commerce (SCOM, BGN 6.80, +7.94%) in widen Bid/Ask spreads. The trading activity was focused on the offer side, though the t...
The Bulgarian equity market had a mixed showing on Thursday with low volatility among active names. Positive price action with Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.735, +2.08%), placed SOFIX (903.42, +0.20%) and BGTR30 (879.53, +0.10%) slightly above previous day levels, while logged losses of Korado (KBG, BGN 4.20, -2.78%) and M+S Hydraulic (MSH, BGN 9.30, -3.63%) weighed on BGBX40 (172.93) and the broad index declined by 0.02%. The daily volumes continued to be comparable with the 15-days average within th...
The Bulgarian market had a rough showing on Friday though the initial selling pressure in the early hours was replaced by more optimistic price actions at the end on the session. The major indexes settled mixed as Agria Group (AGH, BGN 20.40, -2.86%) and the heavy member Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 37.50, -0.53%) weighed on the indexes, while M+S Hydraulic (MSH, BGN 9.35, +2.19%) and Smart Organic (SO, BGN 26.20, +2.34%) recovered the losses on the opposite side. SOFIX (904.25, -0.13%) slipped below...
Huge opposite moves fixed SOFIX (902.23, +0.60%) positive on Tuesday. Insignificant speculative trades raised Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.91, +4.95%) and fully offset the slump of Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.69, -3.50%), Bulgarian Real Estate Fund (BREF, BGN 4.14, -0.96%) and Sopharma (SFA, BGN 5.80, -0.68%). Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 37.90, +1.07%) advanced on the back of good consolidated financial report and the company’s daily turnover represented 40% of SOFIX daily turnover.
The Bulgarian stock market continued the modest rise during the past trading week, while global shares performed mixed on worries of a possible global trade war. The local benchmark SOFIX added 0.2% to settle at 894.30 and the broader BGBX40 (172.15, +0.7%) and BGTR30 (861.81, +0.3%) moved similarly. One industrial and one technology blue chips were the top gainers within our list of selected companies – M+S Hydraulic (MSH, BGN 9.45, +5.0%) and Wiser Technologies (WISR, BGN 5.05, +3.90%). Indust...
It was a quiet trading session with low trading activity in widened Bid/Ask spreads, which settled the main indexes on positive territory on Tuesday. The positive bias came after small trades with previous session’s top losers Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.71, +2.16%) and Sinergon Holding (SNRG, BGN 1.12, +8.74%), while additional power for the broad indexes came from Wiser Technologies (WISR, BGN 4.96, +2.90%) and Telelink Business Services Group (TBS, BGN 9.95, +3.11%). The real estate sector lost w...
There was some increased activity under the surface on a broad range of sectors, though the main indexes settled near previous session’s levels. Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 0.97, +2.11%) led the gainers and together with increased value of the real estate sector, settled SOFIX (891.87, +0.33%) and BGREIT (213.56, +0.11%) with gains. The widened Bid/Ask spreads accelerated the negative effect of the light-volume trades with Smart Organic (SO, BGN 23.40, -4.88%) and Stara Planina (SPH, BGN 8.65, -3.89%)...
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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 (...
Seven positive trading session in a roll fixed SOFIX (893.14, +0.26%) at level we haven’t seen since Sept 2008. The IT company Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 0.97, +3.19%) and the heavy member Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.98, +2.59%) led the daily gainers while Agria (AGH, BGN 19.90, -2.45%) and Elana Agrocredit (EAC, BGN 1.08, -0.92%) pulled back the main index. SOFIX daily turnover increased and reached BGN 1.18m as block trades dominated the trading on Monday. All other indexes closed positive but BG...
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