SOFIX explained

SOFIX
Operator:Bulgarian Stock Exchange
Constituents:15
Weighting:Price-weighted

SOFIX is the first official stock market index of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange. The index represents the correlation between the total market capitalization of member companies on the current day and the previous day.

History

SOFIX was introduced on October 20th, 2000 with an initial value of 100 BGN and reached its historical peak of 1981.80 BGN in October 2007.

In September 2016, the first Bulgarian exchange traded fund that tracks the performance of SOFIX was launched: Expat Bulgaria SOFIX UCITS ETF.

Index profile

NameSOFIX
ISINBG92SOFI4086
Reuters code.SOFIX
Bloomberg codeSOFIX
Start date20-10-2000
Start value100
CurrencyBGN
Constituents15
Changes in index baseSemi-annual
Changes in free-floatquarterly
[1]

Composition

As of 18 January 2018, the index is composed of the following companies:[2]

BSE TickerCompanySector
ATERAdvance Terrafund REITFinancials
ALBAlbenaHospitality
BREFBulgarian Real Estate Fund REITFinancials
FIBFirst Investment BankFinancials
CCBCentral Cooperative BankFinancials
CHIMChimimportFinancials
DUHDoverie United HoldingFinancials
EUBGEurohold BulgariaFinancials
IHBIndustrial Holding BulgariaFinancials
MSHM+S HydraulicManufacturing
MONBMonbatManufacturing
NEOHNeochimManufacturing
SGHSirma Group HoldingProfessional services
SFASopharmaPharmaceuticals
SPHStara Planina HoldFinancials

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SOFIX Profile . Bulgarian Stock Exchange.
  2. Web site: SOFIX constituents and their respective free-floats and weight factors. January 19, 2018. Bulgarian Stock Exchange.