On 8 October 2007 the broad index BG40 closed at the record high of 619.99s. At one point during the session the indicator even hit 640.60 points.

Yesterday BG40 closed at 286.31 or 53.82% lower than its record high.

Five stocks within the broad index have lost more than 60% in the past 9 months, Profit.bg found out. Lead and Zinc Complex shares suffered the most serious loss - 70.53%.

Number two and three on the list of the “bear victims” are Orgachim and Zaharni Zavodi, followed by Central Cooperative Bank and Bulgarian River Shipping jsc.

Ten other stocks fell by more than 50%.

On the other hand, Moststroy, Monbat, Advance Terrfund, Corporate Commercial Bank and Elana REIT saw the smallest losses.

The only stock in BG40 that appreciated in the past several months is Petrol, which added 76%.

More details are given in the following chart, prices are in BGN:

Company8 Oct 200710 July 2008ChangeLead and Zinc Complex100,7229,68-70,53%Orgachim808,47251,29-68,92%Zaharni Zavodi28,648,91-68,89%CCB11,554,46-61,39%Bulgarian River Shipping11,934,7-60,60%Doverie United Holding15,916,48-59,27%Euroins19,137,86-58,91%Fazerles351,48150,25-57,25%Synergon Holding16,547,5-54,66%IH Bulgaria14,526,59-54,61%Balgarska Roza Sevtopolis4,11,93-52,93%Toplivo35,917,23-52,01%Chimimport17,68,56-51,36%Kaolin20,129,81-51,24%FIBank12,916,43-50,19%Severcoop Gamza Holding4,942,49-49,60%Albena140,1973,24-47,76%Albena IH23,7612,52-47,31%M+S Hydraulic16,38,77-46,20%Chugunoleene41,1122,5-45,27%Devin8,034,51-43,84%Stara Planina9,155,2-43,17%Eurohold8,765,06-42,24%Sparky Eltos18,0310,6-41,21%Odessoss Ship Repair Yard 395,89233,2-41,09%Elhim Iskra7,844,79-38,90%Sopharma8,825,4-38,78%Holding Varna44,8527,55-38,57%Aroma4,272,85-33,26%Bulgarian Holding Company8,045,73-28,73%BACB84,9660,85-28,38%TK Hold7,525,53-26,46%Lomsko Pivo 4,253,15-25,88%Industrial Hodling Bulgaria10,88,1-25,00%Moststroy33,5225,53-23,84%Monbat14,6612,08-17,60%Advance Terrafund2,211,9-14,03%Corporate Commercial Bank103,4790,58-12,46%Elana REIT2,252,16-4,00%Petrol 4,788,4476,57%