BSE Among the Ten European Stock Markets with The Most IPOs in Q2

The Bulgarian Stock Exchange ranks among the ten European bourses where most IPOs were held in 2Q, which has been acknowledged as an important result for the local market.

There were 4 IPOs on BSE for the period April-June: that of Kaolin, Corporate Commercial Bank, First Investment Bank and Todoroff.

With these four debuts our stock market ranks ninth in Europe, right after the bourse in Madrid (5 IPOs). Big stock markets, as that of Switzerland (3 IPOs) and Vienna (one IPO) come after BSE in the chart, compiled by the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Logically, number one in terms of the number of IPOs, is the London Stock Exchange, with 36 initial public offerings in second quarter.

Surprisingly, the Warsaw Stock Exchange ranked second with 20 IPOs, and the Norwegian bourse is third with 15.

14 bourse debuts were made on the competing Euronext and OMX, followed by Borsa Italiana and the German Stock Exchange with 12 and 11 IPOs, respectively.

The numbers are summarized in the following table:

RankingStock ExchangeNumber Of IPOs in 2Q1London Stock Exchange362Warsaw Stock Exchange203Norway Stock Exchange154Euronext145ОМХ146Borsa Italiana127German Stock Exchange118Madrid Stock Exchange59Bulgarian Stock Exchange410Swiss Stock Exchange311Viena Stock Exchange1