The Bulgarian market had a volatile session on Wednesday, but finally the major indexes settled with small deviations from the previous close. The advancers and decliners were in balance within the SOFIX (891.23, -0.08%) as the Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BGN 1.68, -2.33%) weighed the most on the benchmark. M+S Hydraulic (MSH, BGN 9.30, -2.11%), Neochim (NEOH, BGN 27.20, -2.16%) and Zarneni Hrani (ZHBG, BGN 0.13, -2.26%) added a negative spice to broad indexes. Despite the light-volume choppy...
OUTLOOK 2025 – 6 VALUE STOCKS FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO Bulgaria's economy showed resilience despite the world and domestic challenges. In the first three quarters of 2024, the country posted steady annual GDP growth of 1.9% in Q1, 2.3% in Q2 and 2.6% in Q3 (non-seasonally adjusted data). The main drivers behind the growth were the individual and government consumption, which accelerated their contribution throughout the three quarters. Inflation has been on a downward trend, aligning with global ...
The Bulgarian market weakened and only few outstanding names like Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 34.00, -2.58%), the freshly renamed Wiser Technology (WISR, BGN 5.00, -4.76%) and Doverie (DUH, BGN 7.70, -1.28%) concentrated the investors’ focus and provided significant liquidity to the market. The negative bias was reinforced by low-volume price actions with Agria (AGH, BGN 19.50, -3.47%) and First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 4.20, -2.33%) on poor buy order side within the benchmark, while BG Agro (BGAG,...
The Bulgarian stocks marked a mixed start of the year, as during the two trading days, local benchmark SOFIX lost 0.4% to settle at 889.27. The broader BGBX40 (171.79, +0.0%) and BGTR30 (865.04, +0.2%) kept to a tighter range. The weekly top performer within our selected companies were Industrial Capital Holding (HIKA, BGN 2.68, +5.5%) and Alcomet (ALCM, BGN 6.75, +5.5%), while two of the SOFIX members – Eurohold Bulgaria (EUBG, BGN 1.92, -3,5%) and Doverie United Holding (DUH, BGN 7,80, -2,0%)...
The Bulgarian equity market experienced some volatility on the first session of the year. The major indexes initially moved lower, pressed by poor trading activity in names related with some rebalancing at the end of the year, like Elana Agrocredit (EAC, BGN 1.08, -2.70%) and Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.92, -3.52%), but finally with the positive price actions in the tech sector – Shelly (SLYG, EUR 34.90, +3.87%) and Sirma (SGH, BGN 0.965, +2.12%) and the significant support from Alcomet (ALCM, BGN 7.0...
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The Bulgarian market had another strong showing on Thursday, where SOFIX (879.19) recorded new 16-years high with 1.94% gain. The sharp positive actions of Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.85, +9.47%) and First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 4.06, +4.10%) reflected less on the broad indexes, BGBX40 (170.33, +1.22%) and BGTR30 (856.82, +0.61%), while the real estate sector underperformed and BGREIT (214.21) declined by 0.22%. The volumes improved compared to previous days mainly on block trades with Bulgarian St...
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...
The trading activity was poor on Friday with price actions on narrow base. The major indexes closed with gains in range between 0.22% and 0.28%, while BGREIT (213.07, -0.53%) underperformed as the recent gainer Sopharma Buildings (SFB, BGN 16.00) dropped by 4.76% after low-volume trades. Agria Group (AGH, BGN 20.00, +3.36%) along with Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 0.95, +1.06%) led the positive flow within the SOFIX (843.95, +0.22%), while Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.47, +1.38%) and Sopharma (SFA, BGN 5.70, 0...
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...
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 ...
The major indexes started December with gains while BGREIT (211.60, -0.34%) reflected the negative price actions in the real estate and alone settled with losses. BGBX40 (166.82, +0.44%) reflected the investors’ focus fully with narrower base names included in the daily activity. Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE, BGN 8.05, +4.55%), Smart Organic (SO, BGN 21.20, +3.92%) and Telematic Interactive (TIB, BGN 22.20, +6.73%) were among top daily advancers, while Bianor Holding (BNR, BGN 5.15, -5.50%), Pe...
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...
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 ...
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%) ...
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...
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...
For a second consecutive trading day SOFIX (838.02, -0.57%) lost altitude under the selling pressure on most heavy members. First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 3.48, -7.45%), Agria (AGH, BGN 19.20, -2.04%) and Elana Agrocredit (EAC, BGN 1.06, -1.85%) weighed on the main index. Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 1.05, -0.94%) and Shelly (SLYG, EUR 32.90, -0.60%) confirmed their negative trend from the last weeks and huge selling pressure lowered both names on Tuesday.
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 ...
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...
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