Weekly bulletin - 9 December - 13 December 2024

The Bulgarian stock market closed the week lower on Friday, pressured by decreasing investor’s activity and lack of fresh positive sentiment. Leading index SOFIX decreased the most by -0.4% to settle at 843.95, while the extended BGBX40 (166.20) lost -0.3%, BGTR30 (735.72) remained flat. The top gainers within our list of selected companies were Korado Bulgaria (KBG, BGN 4.44, +4.2%) and agricultural Agria Group (AGH, BGN 20.00, +3.4%). SOFIX member Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 0.95, -3.1%) led...

Weekly bulletin - 2 December - 6 December 2024

The Bulgarian stock market ended the week with no clear direction, as the local benchmark SOFIX added 0.1% to settle at 847.67. The broader BGBX40 (166.63, +0.3%) and BGTR30 (846.93, -0.4%) performed in different directions, while the sector BGREIT (213.60,+0.6 %) gained the most, supported by the strong movement of Sopharma Buildings (SFB, BGN 16.50, +19.57%). The weekly top performer within our selected companies was Trace Group Hold (T57, BGN 6.0,+6.2%), followed by Telematic Interactive Bul...

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 - 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 - 21 November 2024

The Bulgarian equity market had a strong showing in the middle of the week and all major indexes settled with gains in range between 0.25% and 1.03%. The participants in the improvement were in narrow range but from different sectors and basically the effect came from small trades with Doverie (DUH, BGN 8.22, +2.75%), Speedy (SPDY, BGN 216.00, +8.00%) and Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 1.05, +2.94%). Renewed buying interest appeared in Agria (AGH, BGN 20.10, +2.55%) and Neochim (NEOH, BGN 28.20, +9.30%) ...

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 - 13 November 2024

Big opposite moves of index members fixed SOFIX (857.06, +0.20%) slightly positive. The absence of news and the poor liquidity ruled the trading session on Tuesday and Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 1.02, -2.86%), First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.92, -2.00%) and Elana Agrocredit (EAC, BGN 1.07, -0.93%) lost altitude while the heavy members Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 35.50, +1.43%) and Sopharma (SFA, BGN 5.80, +1.05%) fully offset the negative impact on the main index. Speculative trades weighed on ...

Weekly bulletin - 28 October - 1 November 2024

Bulgarian equity market rose modestly in the second week of October, as the end of the third-quarter earnings season for the companies showed mixed results and did not manage to point the market to a clearer direction. The local Benchmark SOFIX added 0.8% to settle at 854.17, as all the other major indexes closed up, ranging from 0.2% to 1.4%. A newly announced fourth dividend distribution this year by Telematic Interactive (TIB, BGN 20.60, +15.7%) put the name of the company on the top of the g...

Morning Bulletin - 31 October 2024

The Bulgarian equity market had a mixed showing on Wednesday, though ultimately the main indexes were up in range from 0.39% to 0.74%. SOFIX (841.39, +0.40%) rebounded from its 200-day MA mainly supported by First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.66, +5.17%) recovery after the announcement of Q3 financial data, which couldn’t reach the previous year results for the same period on the other hand. BGREIT (211.42) was the exception, following the pull back of the real estate sector and settled 0.41% low...

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 ...

Morning Bulletin - 28 October 2024

SOFIX (847.18, +0.12%) confirmed the tied range from the last 6 months /860 – 830/ and small daily fluctuations with poor liquidity fixed the main index almost unchanged. Most institutional investors stood away from trading as Q3-2024 financial results are to be released in the next few days and trading was dominated by retail investors. Small daily volumes with Agria (AGH, BGN 19.60, +1.55%), Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 1.08, +1.89%) and Doverie United Holding (DUH, BGN 8.00, +1.01%) fully of...

Morning Bulletin - 24 October 2024

The trading activity on the Bulgarian equity market was poor on Wednesday, though the main indexes settled on positive territory under the support of low-volume traded Bulgarian Real Estate Fund (BREF, BGN 3.94, +2.60%) and Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 1.08, +2.86%). BGTR30 (860.25, -0.24%) alone settled with losses under the weight of Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.68, -5.56%) and Texim Bank (TXIM, BGN 3.24, -10.00%) as the bid order books weakened compared to previous sessions. The daily turnover closed to ...

Morning Bulletin - 22 October 2024

The Bulgarian equity market faced some selling pressure on Monday and settled all main indexes with losses in range between 1.11% to 0.69%. Downside bias was the result of widened Bid/Ask spreads for Bulgarian Real Estate Fund (BREF, BGN 3.84, -3.03%) and Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.705, -2.76%) and aggressive sellers of First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.82, -4.98%) and Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 33.50, -2.05%). The volumes slipped even more compared to previous trading sessions and remained below the ...

Weekly bulletin - 14 October - 18 October 2024

The Bulgarian stock market indexes finished the week almost flat on Friday with the exception of BGREIT (208.71, +1.4%), largely supported by the strong movement of its member Bulgarian Real Estate Fund (BREF, BGN 3.96, +7,0%). The local benchmark SOFIX added 0.1%, closing at 854.43, while the extended BGBX40 (169.74, -0.3%) and BGTR30 (868.87, -0.2%) ended a notch lower. Declining stocks outnumbered the rising ones within our list of selected companies by 16 to 8, 5 remained unchanged. Our top ...

Morning Bulletin - 17 October 2024

The Bulgarian equity market had a moderate showing on Wednesday and all major indexes settled on positive territory in range between 0.11% and 1.01%. The volatile price actions led the heavy member Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 34.80) to 4.19% gain though the average price of the turnover was EUR 33.32, which along with Sopharma Trading were the main motors of the day for SOFIX (856.59, +1.01%). The daily turnover continued to exceed the 3-months average concentrated on the benchmark index.

Weekly Bulletin - 7 October - 11 October 2024

The Bulgarian stock market continued its movement from the previous weeks with no clear direction, mixed trades and poor turnover. The local benchmark SOFIX added 0.1%, closing at 855.40, while BGBX40 (170.21, +1.2%) and BGREIT (208.71, +1.1%) showed some positive mood. Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones in our list of selected securities and 3 ended unchanged. Our top performer was Speedy (SPDY, BGN 224.00, +16.1%), followed by the industrial Stara Planina Hold (SPH, BGN 10.20, +7.4%) an...

Morning Bulletin - 15 October 2024

The first session of the week featured a mixed price actions, which ultimately led the main indexes to negative territory. The decliners prevailed advancers by 4-to-1 margin within the Bulgarian equity market, tough Bulgarian Real Estate Fund (BREF, BGN 3.86, +4.32%) experienced significant buying interest after the announcement of a deal with Bricolage Shopping Centre and settled BGREIT (210.91, +1.05%) alone on positive territory with new record high. The turnover was above average based mainl...

Morning Bulletin - 10 October 2024

There was not a lot of conviction on either side of the tape on Wednesday. The market breath was negative, but modest so, and the volumes were below-average. BGBX40 (169.80) closed with 0.14% loss, while SOFIX (861.74, -0.16%) underperformed led by the bank sector, represented by Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BGN 1.62, -2.41%) and First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 4.08, -1.92%). The trading activity was on broader than previous session base but remained below 3-months average.