Morning Bulletin - 8 May 2025

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...

Morning Bulletin - 30 April 2025

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...

Morning Bulletin - 24 April 2025

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...

Weekly bulletin - 14 April - 17 April 2025

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, ...

Morning Bulletin - 17 April 2025

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...

Weekly bulletin - 7 April - 11 April 2025

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...

Morning Bulletin - 10 April 2025

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...

Morning Bulletin - 9 April 2025

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...

Morning Bulletin - 4 March 2025

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...

Morning Bulletin - 26 January 2025

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.

WOOD Flash – Alkaloid AD Skopje/ Hellenic Bank/ ONE United Properties/...

We discontinue our coverage of the following stocks, with immediate effect: Alkaloid AD Skopje Hellenic Bank ONE United Properties Photon Energy Sirma Group Holding Sopharma AD Telecom Egypt We caution against using the forecasts, ratings and price target guidance issued previously on these stocks.

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 - 27 December 2024

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...

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 - 27 November 2024

The indexes settled mixed on Tuesday, though the sellers were more aggressive, which defined the negative market sentiment. The negative bias stemmed largely from sell-offs in Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 0.98, -4.85%), Gradus (GR6, BGN 1.01, -6.48%) and Agria Group (AGH, BGN 20.00, -1.96%) and placed SOFIX (845.70) 0.17% lower. Volumes slightly improved within the benchmark index but still remained lower than the average for the last 15-days.

Morning Bulletin - 26 November 2024

Morning Bulletin - 6 November 2024

The Bulgarian equity market had a somewhat lacklustre session after the latest rally with negative colour over all major indexes on Tuesday. SOFIX (852.00) underperformed with 0.65% loss as the negative bias came from Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.69, -3.50%) and Sopharma (SFA, BGN 5.76, -3.36%) reflecting the moderate selling price actions in weaken bid order book. The activity was poor and the volume remained below 15-days average line within the benchmark index.

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 ...