Shares worth a total of 2.39 billion leva (1.22 bln euros) were traded on the BSE floor in the first ten months of the year (1 Jan – 30 Oct), shows statistics by Profit.bg and BSE.

Some 592 million shares traded hands in 354,000 deals during the period.

We remind that the number of deals for the entire 2007 was 490,000, in which 1.11 billion shares traded hands. 2007 annual turnover stood at 9.94 billion leva (5.08 bln euros).

Back in 2006 turnover amounted to 3.38 billion leva (1.7 bln euros). The number of transactions was 213,000 in which 764 million shares were traded.

January – October 2008 Top 20 Intermediaries in terms of turnover (figures in BGN):

№IntermediaryTurnover (BGN)1UniCredit Bulbank548386914,052Investbank454034057,923FFBH353549117,084Eurobank EFG 325870154,65Karoll291478125,016Real Finance 254454800,817BenchMark Finance 253708934,748Elana Trading196673068,779Raifeissenbank180580128,7810Euro-Finance170344022,8511CCB158663152,6812Capman155405981,6113SIS113585394,2414Fina-S102589622,1615ING Bank87793268,0316Bulbrokers85193275,6817Piraeus Bank 76932841,4818TBI Invest63903058,5419Corporate Commercial Bank 59109820,3620EFG Securities 57313429,64

14 intermediaries report turnover of 100 million leva or more during the period concerned. Unicredit Bulbank top the list, followed by Investbank and FFBH.

Eurobank EFG Bulgaria and Karoll are also in top 5.

Karoll is the leader in terms of number of transactions, followed by BenchMark Finance, Elana Trading, Ug Market and Popular Kasa 95.

January – October 2008 Top 20 Intermediaries in terms of number of deals:

№IntermediaryTransactions1Karoll1174742BenchMark Finance773513Elana Trading572584Ug Market419475FFBH288796Capman244927Popular Kasa 95230668SIS202519Deltastock1731210Zagora Finarcoop1706111Eurobank EFG1657512Raifeissenbank1570113UniCredit Bulbank1502514Euro-Finance1487115Investbank 1129416Starndard Investments1105817EFG Securities1055118Beta Corp1048719Bulbrokers959720Real Finance 9239

*Source: BSE-Sofia, Photo: BGNES