Yet another negative week for the Bulgarian capital market has come to an end. Most indexes of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) lost around 1% over the last five days.

The indexes ended the week on a negative note on Friday. SOFIX slipped by 2% to 436.78 points. Other decliners included BG 40 (-0.46%, to 130.65 points) and BG TR30 (-0.91%, to 354.47 points). BG REIT was the only gainer on the day advancing by 0.04% to 50.57 points.

Nearly 757,000 shares in Bulgaria Real Estate Fund traded hands on the day. The stock of the company ended the day 0.75% down to 0.675 leva per share.

Fund Estates' stock price depreciated by 8.37% to 0.186 leva per share.

BSE's overall turnover amounted to 1.44 mln leva. The value of the over-the-counter deals amounted to 1.8 mln. leva as at 2.50 p.m. A total of 68 issues were traded on the day with 17 of the companies posting stock price gains.

SOFIX posted its third straight weekly decline. The blue-chip index shed 0.89% over the last five days. Other weekly decliners included BG 40 (-0.86%) and BG TR30 (-0.76%). BG REIT advanced by 0.06%.

The monthly performance of the indexes is as follows: SOFIX (-2.92%), BG 40 (-1.08%) and BG TR30 (-1.90%). BG REIT is the only gainer since the start of the month advancing by 0.26%.

Nevertheless, the Bulgarian capital market posts a considerable performance in 2011. For the two and a half months since the start of the year SOFIX is up by 20.54%, while BG 40 has gained 13.91%. The return of the Bulgarian market is the highest in the region. Russia's RTS is up by 8.75% in 2011, while Romania's BET, Hungary's BUX and Croatia's CROBEX have gained 10.26%, 3.88% and 6.85%, respectively. Poland's WIG index advances by a mere 0.10%, while Turkey's ISE is down 4.30%. Czech PXI is also in negative territory in 2011 (1.29%).

The year-on-year performance of BSE's indexes is as follows: SOFIX (+4.19%), BG 40 (+10.75%), BG REIT (+15.3%) and BG TR30 (+9.09%).

See the table below for more details on the performance of BG40's stocks over the week:

Company 2.03.2011 11.03.2011 Change% 57Е/EMKA 3,71 3,94 6,29 4I8/Industrial Capital Holding 4,74 5,03 6,05 6A6/Advance Terrafund 1,36 1,43 4,62 4EH/Eurohold Bulgaria 0,93 0,97 3,32 53B/Biovet 10,05 10,33 2,8 51P/Polimeri 1,84 1,89 2,5 5DOV/Doverie UH 3,24 3,29 1,7 5ORG/Orgachim 86 86,99 1,16 5OTZ/Lead&Zinc Complex 11,14 11,26 1 5BU/Bulgaria Real Estate Fund 0,67 0,68 0,75 4ID/IH Bulgaria 1,04 1,05 0,67 6C4/Chimimport 3,47 3,49 0,32 5ODE/Odessos Ship Repair Yard 95,5 95,5 0 4PX/Yuri Gagarin 43,7 43,7 0 3NB/Neochim 34 34 0 4BJ/Bulgarska-Roza Sevtopolis 1,44 1,43 -0,35 T57/Trace Group Hold 88,86 88,38 -0,53 3JR/Sopharma 4,39 4,36 -0,73 6AM/Alcomet 6,18 6,13 -0,83 6AB/Albena 59 58,5 -0,85 5MH/M+S Hydraulic 7,06 7 -0,88 4CF/CCB 1,69 1,67 -1,07 5BN/BACB 8,9 8,8 -1,1 5F4/FIBank 3,35 3,3 -1,43 5ALB/Albena IH 6,3 6,2 -1,59 6S7/Synergon Holding 1,99 1,94 -2,61 6C9/KTB 81,1 78,98 -2,62 5SR/Stara Planina Hold 3,83 3,72 -2,98 5MB/Monbat 7,25 7,03 -3,03 52E/Elhim Iskra 3 2,9 -3,27 E4A/Enemona 7,09 6,86 -3,33 6H2/Holding Roads 0,79 0,76 -3,41 T43/Zarneni Hrani Bulgaria 0,65 0,62 -3,88 5PET/Petrol 4,17 4 -4,15 6K1/Kaolin 5,3 5,03 -4,95 5BP/Billboard 0,83 0,79 -5,29 4EC/ELARG REIT 0,82 0,77 -5,72 5IC/Euroins 1,4 1,32 -5,8 SL9/Sparky Eltos 1,53 1,43 -6,79 5MY / Moststroy 0,37 0,26 -29,27 BG40 131,78 130,65 -0,86