The Bulgarian Stock Exchange (Bulgarian: Българска фондова борса, Romanized: Bulgarska fondova borsa), or BSE, is the sole licensed and operating stock exchange in Bulgaria. It was founded on 10 October 1991.
The original exchange, the Sofia Stock Exchange, which had been established by a tsar's decree in 1914, ceased to operate after the Second World War as Bulgaria became a communist state.
In January 2011, the stock exchange (Stock symbol: BSO) was officially added to the regular market trading.[1]
The exchange has pre-market sessions from 9:00 am to 9:20 am, normal trading sessions from 9:20 am to 1:45 pm and post-market sessions from 1:45 pm to 4:00 pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the exchange in advance.[2]
In June 2018, the name of the stock exchange was shortened from 'Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia' to 'Bulgarian Stock Exchange'.[3]