SOFIX (999.39, +0.58%) closed a few ticks away from the psychological level of 1000, something we haven’t witnessed since 2008. The excellent Q1 financial results raised Doverie United Holding (DUH, BGN 9.00, +3.45%) while Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 1.46, +2.10%) jumped on the back of buy-back buying power. Ex-dividend date weighed on Advance Terrafund (ATER, BGN 2.92, -2.01%) while Smart Organic (SO, BGN 31.20, -2.50%) and First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 5.10, -1.54%) suffered from small spe...
The Bulgarian stocks marked a positive week, while the global markets suffered pullbacks and volatility, as new threats were tapping the brakes on investor optimism. The local benchmark SOFIX added 2.6% to settle at 981.32 and the broader BGBX40 (183.32, +1.7%) and BGTR30 (922.11, +2.6%) moved similar. Three SOFIX members were the top gainers in our list of selected securities – the technology blue chips Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 1.43, +19.2%) and Wiser Technologies (WISR, BGN 5.35, +7.4%) a...
The Bulgarian equity market had another strong showing on Wednesday and continued its upside trend, building on recent gains. The major indexes endured significant positive actions on broad base and advanced in range between 0.31% and 1.21%. The upside bias was supported by large cap names - First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 5.24, +4.80%), Smart Organic (SO, BGN 33.80, +2.42%), Doverie (DUH, BGN 8.50, +2.66%) as Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 1.43, +13.49%) stepped in front of this list after a significant...
The local stock market gained some steam last week and ended on a positive note, ranging from 0.8% to 3.2%. The benchmark SOFIX added 3.2% to settle at 956.86, strongly supported by the renewed buying interest in high-tech blue chip Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 42.80, +17.3%). The share became the weekly top gainer within our list of selected companies, followed by the less interesting Industrial Capital Holding (HIKA, BGN 2.56, +4.9%) and Monbat (MONB, BGN 2.60, +4.0%). On the other side, Speedy (SP...
SOFIX (938.83, +0.08%) touched new 18-year high on Tuesday, but the bullish sentiment stifled, leaving the daily outcome little changed. The major indexes finished the session mixed in range between negative 0.34% and positive 0.08% as the daily movers First Investment Bank (FIB, BGN 4.51, -2.80%), Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 1.20, -2.44%) and Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.70, -2.78%) retreated as the latest increase in the price triggered some profit taking actions, while Shelly (SLYG, EUR 38.30) and Dover...
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...
Tech companies along with some financials led the Bulgarian equity market higher on the first trading day of the week and settled all major indexes on the positive side. SOFIX (938.04) closed 1.19% higher, while BGBX40 (177.66, +0.79%) and BGTR30 (892.96, +0.42%) underperformed the benchmark as the negative price actions in Neochim (NEOH, BGN 22.60, -4.24%) and Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BGN 1.54, -1.91%) weighed on the final outcome for both broad indexes. The expectations for upcoming fina...
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 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 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...
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%)...
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 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 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 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...
The Bulgarian equity market closed the choppy week on a downbeat note, leading the main index SOFIX (855.40, -0.41%) to negative territory. Positive price actions with Speedy (SPDY, BGN 224.00, +3.70%) along with Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.74, +4.23%) smoothed the daily performance of the broad indexes BGBX40 (170.21, -0.08%) and BGTR30 (870.60, +0.01%). Sopharma Buildings (SFB, BGN 13.20, -2.94%) and Monbat (MONB, BGN 2.68, -2.90%) were the daily laggards though the turnover was weak and barely re...
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