The Bulgarian Stock Exchange ( bg, Българска фондова борса, ''Balgarska fondova borsa'', abbreviated BSE) is a stock exchange operating in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

, the capital of

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. 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

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, Athens Stock Exchange, OMX, and the

Prague Stock Exchange Prague Stock Exchange (PSE; cs, Burza cenných papírů Praha (BCPP)) is the largest and oldest securities market organizer in the Czech Republic. After a 50-year hiatus brought about by World War II and the Communist regime, it was reopened in ...

History

The original successor called the Sofia Stock Exchange which had been established through a

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's decree, ceased to operate after the

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as Bulgaria became a

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. In January 2011, the stock exchange (stock symbol: BSO) was officially added to the regular market trading. 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. In June 2018, the name of the stock exchange was changed from 'Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia' to just 'Bulgarian Stock Exchange'.

Indices

The Bulgarian Stock Exchange publishes the following indices: * SOFIX * BG40 * BGTR30 * BGREIT The Bulgarian Stock Exchange is a member of the

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia Financial services companies established in 1991 Stock exchanges in Europe Economy of Bulgaria Companies based in Sofia Bulgarian companies established in 1991