Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia

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Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia
Българска фондова борса - София
Type Stock Exchange
Location Sofia, Bulgaria
Owner Government of Bulgaria
MarketCap USD 18.3 billion (Q2 2008)
Indexes SOFIX
Website bse-sofia.bg

The Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia (Bulgarian: Българска фондова борса - София, Balgarska fondova borsa - Sofiya, abbreviated BSE) is a stock exchange operating in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was originally founded on 15 April 1914 through a tsar's decree, but ceased to operate after the Second World War as Bulgaria became a Communist state. It was re-established in late 1991.

As of June 2008 the total market capitalization of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange is around $18.3 bln. The exchange has pre-market sessions from 09:00am to 09:20am, normal trading sessions from 09:20am from 01:45pm and post-market sessions from 01:45am to 04:00pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.1

The Bulgarian Stock Exchange publishes the following indices:

As of May 2007, 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, the Prague Stock Exchange, etc.

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