EME Equity Market – March 2026 All indices decline, with Greek ASE posting the steepest loss. The MSCI EM Europe Index fell 8.0% mom in EUR terms and 10.8% mom in USD terms in March. The Greek ASE was the worst performer (-9.3% mom); followed by the Czech PX (-6.7% mom); the Hungarian BUX (-6.2% mom); the Turkish ISE30 (-5.1% mom); and the Polish WIG20 (-4.5% mom; all in EUR terms). The Romanian BET proved the most resilient, declining just 1.2% mom, in EUR terms.
Enormous opposite moves of index members lowered SOFIX to 1 213.31 (-0.21%) on Monday. The selling pressure weighed on Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, EUR 1.71, -2.29%) and Shelly (SLYG, EUR 49.80, -1.58%) while Wiser (WISR, EUR 2.10, -4.55%), Chimimport (CHIM, EUR 0.438, -2.23%) and Sopharma (SFA, EUR 1.75, -1.41%) lost altitude without significant daily volume. Sirma Group Holding (SGH, EUR 0.96, +6.67%), Doverie United Holding (DUH, EUR 5.90, +1.72%) and First Investment Bank (FIB, EUR 3.14, +...
The Bulgarian stock market continued its downward trajectory over the past week, with all major indices closing firmly in negative territory. The benchmark SOFIX index declined by 3.2%, ending the week at 1 210.32 points. Broader indices followed a similar trend: the BGBX40 fell by 2.6% to 208.17 points, while the equally weighted BGTR30 index dropped 2.2%, finishing at 1 025.31 points. The sector-specific BGREIT index proved relatively more resilient, slipping by a modest 1.4% to 226.68 points....
Quite opposite move of SOFIX (1 210.32, 0.00%) members fixed the main index unchanged on Friday. The jump of Sirma Group Holding (SIRM, EUR 0.915, +3.39%), First Investment Bank (FIB, EUR 3.16, +2.27%) and Sopharma (SFA, EUR 1.715, +2.08%) fully offset the drop of Eurohold (EUBG, EUR 1.03, -6.36%) and Wiser (WISR, EUR, 2.10, -1.87%). The trading session was highlighted by the transfer of 100.8m shares of Gradus (GR6, EUR 0.55, +27.91%) representing 40.9% of the company. BGBX40 (208.17, +0.46%) c...
The Bulgarian equity market recorded a positive session on Wednesday, with all major indices posting gains. Direction was largely driven by retail activity, as widened bid/ask spreads in recent choppy sessions allowed smaller orders to move prices more easily. Among the benchmark constituents, First Investment Bank (FIB, EUR 3.36, +3.38%), Shelly Group (SLYG, EUR 59.40, +2.77%), and Doverie United Holding (DUH, EUR 6.54, +2.19%) led the advance, pushing SOFIX (1 277.47, +0.70%) to the top of the...
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EME Equity Market – February 2026 Muted performance across the region, with the Turkish ISE the best performer. The MSCI EM Europe Index declined by 0.7% mom in EUR terms and 2.1% mom in USD terms in February. The Turkish ISE was the top performer, adding 5.4% mom in EUR terms; while the Polish WIG and the Romanian BET improved slightly (+0.9% and +0.3% mom, respectively, in EUR terms). The Czech PX and the Greek ASE were the worst performers (-4.9%, and -3.0% mom, respectively, in EUR terms), w...
The Bulgarian equities posted a mixed performance on the first trading day of the week, with turnover coming in below the YtD average. The main indices reflected the subdued activity, recording marginal gains in a narrow range between 0.01% and 0.06%. BGREIT (232.60) was the only index to finish lower, pressured by weakness in real estate names such as Bulgarian Real Estate Fund (BREF, EUR 2.70, -1.46%) and Advance Terrafund (ATER, EUR 1.395, -1.06%). The modest positive bias in SOFIX (1 354.69,...
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EME Equity Market – January 2026 All regions in the green in January, with the Turkish ISE the best performer. The MSCI EM Europe Index added 11.1% mom in EUR terms and 13.2% mom in USD terms in January. The Turkish ISE was the top performer (+20.8% mom), followed by the Hungarian BUX (+17.5% mom); the Romanian BET (+11.1% mom); the Greek ASE (+9.2% mom); the Polish WIG 20 (+5.9% mom); and the Czech PX (+2.4% mom; all in EUR terms).
The positive sentiment on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange weakened on Thursday, pushing all major indexes into negative territory, with SOFIX (1 385.46, -1.40%) recording the steepest decline. Doverie (DUH, EUR 7.10, -8.51%) came under pronounced selling pressure, followed by Smart Organic (SO, EUR 17.20, -3.37%), Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, EUR 1.84, -3.16%), and Chimimport (CHIM, EUR 0.58, -3.33%), though trading volumes across these names remained subdued. A sharp advance in Sopharma Trading ...
Global macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges weighed on the Bulgarian economy over the past year, primarily through weaker external trade dynamics. Despite this, economic growth remained solid. Real GDP expanded by 2.8% in Q1, 3.5% in Q2, and 3.0% in Q3, supported almost entirely by strong domestic demand. Several factors underpinned this robust consumption growth with the most important being the growth of compensation and the euro transition effect. For 2026 the projections by major i...
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