„The sentiment on the international capital markets has been mixed in the last few days. The inauguration of the U.S. president in combination with the the grim economic data caused the high volatility on the markets. BSE followed this trend and indexes also fluctuated", Plamen Yordanov, investment consultant at Somoni Financial Brokerage, told Profit.bg.

Yordanov expects a similar mode of trading today.

„Some banks already published their annual reports and much to the delight of investors the surprises are rather positive", Yordanov added. „The situation around the natural gas crisis is also normal, so there is a possibility for a breath of fresh air on BSE".

The trading volumes will almost certainly remain low, unless large-scale packages of shares are transferred.

Most Bulgarian indexes ended yesterday's session on positive territory. The SOFIX blue-chip index advanced by 1.92%, to 315.66 points, while the broader BG40 added 0.7%, to 98.05 points. BG TR30 closed 0.31% higher, at 232.65 points. BG REIT was the only decliner, slipping by 4.17%, to 44.39 points.

BSE's overall turnover came to 1.69 mln leva. A total of 93 issues were traded on the day with 46 of the companies posting stock price gains.