Bulgarian Stock Exchange

Bulgarian Stock Exchange

Българска фондова борса
Type	Stock Exchange
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Founded	1991
Owner	Government of Bulgaria (44%)
Market cap	US$8.5 billion (Q3 2011)
Indices	SOFIX, BG40, BGTR30, BGREIT
Website	www.bse-sofia.bg

The Bulgarian Stock Exchange (Bulgarian: Българска фондова борса, Balgarska fondova borsa, abbreviated BSE) is a stock exchange operating in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was founded as First Bulgarian Stock Exchange on 10 October 1991 as a joint stock company.

As of May 2010, the Bulgarian Stock Exchange is 44% owned by the Bulgarian government, which is looking for potential worldwide investors, some of them being the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Athens Stock Exchange, OMX, and the Prague Stock Exchange.

History[]

The original successor called the Sofia Stock Exchange which had been established through a tsar's decree, ceased to operate after the Second World War as Bulgaria became a communist state.

In January 2011, the stock exchange (stock symbol: BSO) was officially added to the regular market trading.^[1]

As of November 2011, the total market capitalization of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange is around US$8.5 billion. The exchange has pre-market sessions from 9:00 am to 9:20 am, normal trading sessions from 9:20 am to 1:45 pm and post-market sessions from 1:45 pm to 4:00 pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the exchange in advance.^[2]

In June 2018, the name of the stock exchange was changed from 'Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia' to just 'Bulgarian Stock Exchange'.^[3]

Indices[]

Bull in front of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange

The Bulgarian Stock Exchange publishes the following indices:^{[citation needed]}

• SOFIX

The Bulgarian Stock Exchange is a member of the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia.

• Official website (in Bulgarian and English)