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The present analysis is prepared in execution of the adopted by the Exchange Strategy for the development of the capital market by 2010. The regular publishing of economic sectors analyses aims at a widening the sectoral representativeness of the companies traded at the Exchange, respectively at the attraction of new issuers and at an increase in liquidity on the Exchange, as well as at boosting the interest of local and foreign investors in the Bulgarian capital market. The information these analyses provide is crucial for the events organised by the Exchange (such as round tables by sectors, road-shows in the country and abroad) in view of achieving the above mentioned targets.

This analysis provides summarised statistical information about the dynamics of the market capitalisation and the trade by sectors as classified in the National Classification of Economic Activities (NACE). It analyses the weighting of the economic sectors represented on the Exchange with respect to the market capitalisation and to the basic trading activity indicators such as number of transactions and turnover, as it also indicates some of the leading non-public companies in the respective sectors.

The analysis is based on statistical information about the market capitalisation and trading for the period from July 1, 2008 till March 31, 2009, as well as on the 2007 annual financial statements1 of non-public companies and on other sources of public information.