The last few years can be characterized as a period of stabilization of the infrastructure of the capital market in Bulgaria. Currently, the structure and the institutions of the Bulgarian capital markets are fully in compliance with the global standards and requirements in this area.
In compliance with the new legal requirements and as a response to the changed market conditions BSE-Sofia has adopted its new Rules & Regulations. In October 2000 the RTS Plaza trading system, based on the NASDAQ quotation system was launched at the BSE-Sofia with the assistance of American and Russian experts. It is an order and/or dealer driven trading system with multiple market-makers. On October 21, 2000 the BSE-Sofia lauched its officail index – SOFIX. SOFIX is price index, market capitalization weighted, with base value of 100 points. The SOFIX portfolio consists of top 10 domestic stocks.
The best region world wide for Stock Market gains in 2003 was Eastern Europe. Latvia produced the second best gain of the year, jumping 133%. But the overall winner was Bulgaria, notching up an impressive leap of 169%!
A few key Web Links are listed below including that of the official Bulgarian Stock Exchange:
www.bse-sofia.bg
http://finance.news.bg
www.ssco.bg
www.ffbh.bg
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