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...

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 ...

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 - 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.

Morning Bulletin - 22 August 2024

Summer vacations, poor liquidity, and the absence of corporate news made room for speculative moves. Huge opposite moves set SOFIX at 871.43 (+0.31%) despite the drop of Agria (AGH, BGN 19.50, -4.41%) and Bulgarian Real Estate Fund (BREF, BGN 3.06, -1.29%). Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BGN 1.83, +8.28%), Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.78, +4.00%) and Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE, BGN 7.90, +3.95%) moved North without any corporate news or other relevant information. BGBX40 170.91 (+0.12%) and BGTR30...

Morning Bulletin - 6 August 2024

The negative sentiment on world equity markets made a crucial impact on Bulgarian stock exchange on Monday. SOFIX (830.90) lost 4.11% reflecting the plunge of almost all index members. Shelly (SLYG, EUR 33.40, -10.22%) dropped the most, followed by Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.70, -7.89%), Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 1.04, -6.31%) and Agria (AGH, BGN 19.60, -6.22%). Selling pressure spread among all other indexes and BGBX40 (164.83) lost 3.06% while BGTR30 closed at 842.37 (-2.31%).

Weekly bulletin - 1 July - 5 July 2024

The first week of the second half of the year expectedly was under the summer flag with poor trading activity, which settled the main indexes with small changes on both side of the surface. SOFIX (852.60) built on 0.6% gain and registered 11.4% advance from the beginning of the year, driven mostly by the uplift of Sirma Group Holding (SGH, BGN 1.11, +11.0%), Agria Group Holding (AGH, BGN 20.50, +2.5%) and Eurohold Bulgaria (EUBG, BGN 1.54, +2.7%). The turnover remained the same compared to the a...

Morning Bulletin - 2 July 2024

The trading activity was weak on the first day of the second half of the year, reflecting on mixed performance for the main indexes. SOFIX (849.68) outperformed by 0.24% supported by the gain of Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE, BGN 7.80) by 5.38% after the capital increase procedure with internal funds finished and advance of Sirma Group (SGH, BGN 1.04, +4.00%), which continued its midterm uptrend. The volumes, on the other hand, remained low and the turnover barely reached 16% from the 3-months a...

Weekly bulletin - 17 June - 21 June 2024

The Bulgarian stock market edged lower last week, as investors remained cautious and approaching summer season lowered the investors’ activity. The leading local index SOFIX lost 0.5% to close at 848.99, as the broad ones – BGBX40 (169.28, -0.7%), BGTR30 (850.96, -0.4%) performed as the benchmark. Declining stocks outnumbered the rising ones in our list of selected companies by 15 to 7, 7 ended unchanged. The weekly top three gainers within the list were all SOFIX members – Sirma Group Holding (...

Morning Bulletin - 24 June 2024

The market exhibited mixed action on Friday as the participants took profit from outperformed names and switched into names with positive news. SOFIX (848.99, -0.35%) reflected a slight negative slip following the continuing downtrend of Shelly Group (SLYG, BGN 69.00, -0.86%) combined with the deepen losses of M+S Hydraulic (MSH, BGN 10.00, -2.91%) and Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BGN 1.60, -3.03%). The lack of conviction on both sides in this session left the volumes below the 15-days average...

Weekly bulletin - 10 June - 14 June 2024

The Bulgarian stock market ended the week mixed on Friday, as the local benchmark SOFIX lost 1% to settle at 853.13. The broader BGBX40 (169.48, -0.70%) and BGTR30 (854.30, +0.20%) performed in different directions, while BGREIT (190.42, +1.20%) gained the most. The decliners outnumbered the advancing stocks in our list of selected companies by 15-to-10 as the top performers were SOFIX member Agria Group (AGH, BGN 21.60, +7.5%) and Gradus (GR6, BGN 1.50, +5.6%). On the negative side the list of ...

Morning Bulletin - 14 June 2024

Sopharma Buildings REIT (SFB, BGN 15.40, +25.20%) significantly impacted BGREIT (190.71, +1.21%) and BGTR30 (853.18, +0.19%) and both indexes registered some gains, but market breadth was negative on the broad base and SOFIX (854.66, -0.13%) and BGBX40 (169.75, -0.15%) closed with losses. Decliners led advancers roughly by 7-to-4 margin as the solid gains in Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.56, +3.31%) and Central Cooperative Bank (CCB, BGN 1.67, +3.09%) on low volumes were not enough to offset the downsid...

Morning Bulletin - 4 June 2024

The equities on BSE experienced mixed actions on the first session of the new month. SOFIX (865.44, +0.01%) remained almost unchanged and BGBX40 (170.91, -0.65%) settled lower, while the BGTR30 logged 0.09% gain. The advances of Chimimport (CHIM, BGN 0.73, +2.10%) and Eurohold (EUBG, BGN 1.56, +2.63%) limited the downside moves of M+S Hydraulic (MSH, BGN 10.30, -4.63%) and Synergon Holding (SNRG, BGN 1.10, -9.09%) in the major indexes. The start of the capital increase of Smart Organic (SO, BGN ...