The stock of just three of the companies in the calculation of the broad indicator BG40 ended the period June 30 – September 28 down, shows Profit.bg data.

These are Bulgarian Telecommunications Company, Bulgarian Rose Sevtopolis, and Decotex, which lost between 3 and 10% of their market value.

Zaharni Zavodi advanced the most in the period – 275%, followed by Orgachim and Chugunoleene, which climbed 156% and 128.87%, respectively.

More than 100% were added by Doverie United Holding and Fazerless, whileMonbat and M+S Hydraulic gained 97% and 96%, respectively.

In the nine months of January to September, Chugunoleene added the most among the companies within the broad indicator – 1781%. 20 companies in BG40 rose by more than 100% over that period.

“Small companies” in Bulgaria definitely did better than those in Romania, where the best achievement in the first nine months of the year was 356%.

Stara Planina Hold ranks second among BG40 stocks, adding 457.8% this year, followed by Orgachim – 454.8%.

Doverie United Holding, Fazerles, Industrial Capital Holding and Zaharni Zavodi have increased their market value more than 4 times this year.

Just one BG40 company declined in the January- September period. This is Bulgarian Rose Sevtopolis, which lost 18.8% of its market value to date.

On the last business day of September BG40 reached a new record, after climbing 2.44%. The index has avanced 169.4% year-to-date.

Here is the full chart. Price is in BGN.

№CompanyPrice on 22 Dec 2006Price on 29 June 2007Price on 28 Sept 2007Three months differenceYear-to-date1Chugunoleene2,2818,7442,89128.87%1781.14%2Stara Planina Hold1,666,859,2635.18%457.83%3Orgachim115,37250640,01156.00%454.75%4Doverie United Holding2,716,8914,82115.09%446.86%5Fazerles57,89140,87282,4100.47%387.82%6Industrial Capital Holding2,347,9510,937.11%365.81%7Zaharni Zavodi6,317,5328,24275.28%347.54%8Lead and Zinc Complex2552,3191,2974.52%265.16%9Odessos Ship Repair Yard139,18237,74364,9753.52%162.23%10M+S Hydraulic7,048,9617,696.43%150.00%11Bulgarian Holding Company3,264,637,9972.57%145.09%12Euroins8,3314,4920,0738.51%140.94%13Himko0,120,220,2721.62%125.00%14Chimimport7,6212,3816,9136.59%121.92%15TK Hold2,694,145,7338.41%113.01%16Industrial Holding Bulgaria6,068,3112,955.23%112.87%17Favorit Hold812,8416,4828.35%106.00%18Toplivo17,4726,5335,4833.74%103.09%19Synergon Holding8,0611,6416,2539.60%101.61%20Emka10,1513,6820,3348.61%100.30%21Severcoop Gamza Holding2,63,075,0163.19%92.69%22Sparky Eltos9,2810,1617,6473.62%90.09%23Advance Terrafund1,251,852,324.32%84.00%24Albena 77,27119,36140,6617.85%82.04%25Alcomet10,6714,219,1134.58%79.10%26Elana Agricultural Land Opportunity1,291,972,2715.23%75.97%27Oil and Gas Exploration and Production8,1710,2514,0336.88%71.73%28Albena Invest Holding14,2117,6223,9335.81%68.40%29Bulgarian River Shipping AD6,048,8110,0514.07%66.39%30Bulgarian-American Credit Bank49,9981,9982,290.37%64.61%31Central Cooperative Bank7,089,0611,4626.49%61.86%32Decotex2,193,693,31-10.30%51.14%33Polimeri9,9812,3313,9513.14%39.78%34Holding Varna A36,3940,1945,3212.76%24.54%35Sopharma6,767,177,9310.60%17.31%36Petrol