A total of 19,404 transactions were sealed on the BSE floor in August, generating monthly turnover in the amount of 165.7 mln leva (84.7 mln euros), against 26,534 deals and 193.48 mln leva (98.9 mln euros) in the preceding month.

A year ago, in August 2007, there were 43,829 transactions and 3.725 billion leva (1.9 mln euros) in turnover.

Last month's turnover was the lowest in two years, or since August 2006 when securities worth 157.896 million leva (80.7 mln euros) traded hands in 14,516 deals.

Karoll investment intermediary made the most transactions this August (5,534), followed by BenchMark Finance (4,113) and Ug Market (2,799).

Elana Trading and FFBH also made more than 2,000 transactions. Raifeissen Bank, Capman, UniCredit Bulbank, SIS and EFG Securities Bulgaria made between 1,000 and 2,000 deals.

№IntermediaryTransactions1Karoll55342BenchMark Finance41133Ug Market27994Elana Trading23295FFBH22626Raifeissen Bank Bulgaria17137Capman14398UniCredit Bulbank13139Sofia International securities126910EFG Securities Bulgaria106911Popular Kasa 9594612Real Finance91713Zagora Finarcoop 84414Standard Investments80815Euro Finance79716Deltastock68617Beta Corp62318Bul Trend Brokers50319United Bulgarian Bank 48320TBI Invest468

UniCredit Bulbank tops the chart in terms of turnover with 115.47 million leva (59 mln euros). Next are FFBH (37.2 mln leva, 19 mln euros) and Karoll (29.4 mln leva, 15 mln euros).

Other intermediaries with turnovers above 10 million in August are Investbank, BenchMark Finance, Elana Trading and Real Finance.

№IntermediaryTurnover (in BGN)1UniCredit Bulbank 115473077,72FFBH37296679,363Karoll29469987,214Investbank 14187128,15BenchMark Finance12355147,896Elana Trading11814999,387Real Finance11250676,658CCB9480888,649Raifeissen Bank 8696457,8810Eurobank EFG Bulgaria7611627,2311Bulbrokers 7028825,4812Capman6123123,4413Fina- S5163458,3414Euro Finance5010727,1915Sofia International securities4833656,0516Intercapital Markets 3579392,7517TBI Invest3438290,8218Beta Corp 3343450,8719KD Securities3299575,1220Standard Investments 3009644,64