MARKET REVIEW JULY 2006 No 9 / 2006 . Floating rate notes (FRN) with embedded call options go to the stock exchange DEBT MARKETS annual yield (%) benchm ark yield curves in the euro area 30.06.2006 and 31.07.2006 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 30.06.2006 31.07.2006 o/n depo 1w depo 1m depo 3m bill 12m bill 3y bond 5y bond 7y bond 10y bond instrum ent . annual yield (%) benchm ark yield curves in Bulgaria 30.06.2006 and 31.07.2006 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 30.06.2006 31.07.2006 o/n depo 1w depo 1m depo 3m bill 12m bill 3y bond 5y bond 7y bond 10y bond instrum ent . annual yield (%) Bulgaria and euro area benchm ark yield curves 31.07.2006 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Bulgaria euro area SOFImid o/n depo 1w depo 1m depo 3m bill 12m bill 3y bond 5y bond 7y bond 10y bond instrum ent middle of SOFIBID and SOFIBOR . annual yield (%) yields on EUR-denom inated govt securities in Bulgaria and on the euro area curve 31.07.2006 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 BG domestic BG Eurobond BG global euro area 3m bill 12m bill 2y bond 3y bond 4y bond 5y bond 6y bond 7y bond 8y bond 9y bond 10y bond 15y bond instrum ent . 2 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 3M SOFIBID 3M SOFIBOR No issuance of 3M government securities in July 3M T-bill LEONIA BIR 03 .0 1.2 00 6 03 .0 2.2 00 6 03 .0 3.2 00 6 03 .0 4.2 00 6 03 .0 5.2 00 6 03 .0 6.2 00 6 03 .0 7.2 00 6 interest rate (%) SOFIBOR and 3M T-bill issuance Jan - July 2006 . 1. MONEY MARKET The interbank money market monthly volume went on Ivanka Ivancheva (+359 2) 9145 1712 rising in July 2006 and the deals totalled BGN 5094.4 million, BGN 323.7 million, or 6.79 per cent more than in June. The increase comes from a growth in the volume of the deposit lending part of term transactions, in total by 6.03 per cent, in unsecured lending by 6.31 per cent, and in secured lending by 74.78 per cent, while in the repo- More secured lending, less repos transactions part there is a 27.02% volume decrease. After one month of decrease, July marks a 31.39% growth in outright transactions, both BGN denominated and foreigncurrency (USD and EUR) denominated government securities are traded and the growth is only in BGN denominated issues trading, by 37.33 per cent. With a high level of liquidity and an availability of large resources continuing in July, the rise in money market transactions volume is moderate; banks also remain active in Euromoney market dealing, but this month both USD and EUR term transactions (deposit and repo deals) and outright purchases mark a decrease, but mainly in the USD part. The average daily excess reserves in July reached BGN 39225 thousand, increasing from June’s figure (BGN 3 23 547 thousand) by 66.58 per cent. In 11 calendar days (3rd to 4th, in the middle from 14th to 16th, and from 26th to 31st including holidays) of the month there was relative resource shortage (negative excess reserves); in the last days this preceeded the decrease in the additional minimum required reserves for the new maintenance period. INTERBANK MONEY MARKET AND EXCESS RESERES July 2006 /in thous ands of BGN/ 1000000 800000 600000 400000 200000 03 .0 7 04 .0 7 05 .0 7 06 ..0 7 07 .0 7 10 .0 7 11 .0 7 12 .0 7 13 .0 7 14 .0 7 17 .0 7 18 .0 7 19 .0 7 20 .0 7 21 .0 7 24 .0 7 25 .0 7 26 .0 7 27 .0 7 28 .0 7 31 .0 7 0 -200000 m one y m ark e t e xce s s re s e rve s свръхре зе рви . In the last day of July interbank activity followed the pattern established in the previous year and in the last day reached BGN 769.4 million, almost 4 times the daily volume of transactions in the previous days of the month but BGN 34.8 million less than the volume on 30st June. Liquidity in the banking system has been influenced for years by monetary flows through government securities (bills and bonds of the Ministry of Finance), and in July there is a net inflow from banks of some BGN 79.1 million as an increase in resources. Pension transfers amount to BGN 425 million as an increase in resources. deposit deals (BGN thousand), July 2006 800000 700000 600000 500000 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 3.07 5.07 7.07 11.07 ALL DEPOSIT DEALS . 13.07 17.07 UNSECURED 19.07 21.07 25.07 Of which overnight 27.07 31.07 4 1.1. Interbank market: deposit lending and repo transactions 1.1.1. Cash market Deposit lending maintains a prevailing share in the interbank money market volume, 98.83 per cent in July after 98.28 per cent in June. It is commercial banks’ main tool for managing current, daily liquidity. 1.1.1.1.Unsecured market Term deposit lending between market participants is mainly unsecured and in July it is BGN 4816.3 million, 98.11 per cent of the total amount of transactions, and 98.63 of this (BGN 4750.1 million) is overnight deals. . unsecured deposit market (BGN thousand), July 2006 7. 07 10 .0 7 11 .0 7 12 .0 7 13 .0 7 14 .0 7 17 .0 7 18 .0 7 19 .0 7 20 .0 7 21 .0 7 24 .0 7 25 .0 7 26 .0 7 27 .0 7 28 .0 7 31 .0 7 6. 07 5. 07 4. 07 3. 07 800000 700000 600000 500000 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 overnight other Commercial banks, via overnight transactions, provide additional resources at the beginning of every month for the regulation of required minimum reserves and in the middle of the month for clients’ payments. 5 . LEONIA / EONIA 3.00 2.00 1.00 ` LEONIA 31 .0 7 27 .0 7 25 .0 7 21 .0 7 19 .0 7 17 .0 7 13 .0 7 11 .0 7 7. 07 5. 07 3. 07 0.00 EONIA The July monthly average of the LEONIA, a reference rate based on unsecured overnight deposit lending by The monthly average for the overnight interest rate is an 14 banks, rose to 2.80%. annual 2.80% and is 0.11 percentage points higher than Hence the size of the BNB the BIR (base interest rate, effective from the first calendar base interest rate for August day of each month and equal to the simple average of the is 2.80%. LEONIA reference rate from the previous month), which for July is 2.69%. Interest rates moved in July close to the euro area's EONIA, which topped at 2.83% (in eleven from 21 working days), versus a low of 2.76% on 11th July. 1.1.1.2.Secured market Secured term resource lending transactions remain with a small share in the interbank market, up to 0.71 per cent for deposit lending (BGN 35.0 million) and down to 1.18 per cent for repo deals (BGN 57.9 million) in July from respectively 0.43 per cent and 1.71 per cent in June. 1.1.2. Derivatives market Not yet developed in the country. 6 BULGARIAN INTERBANK MONEY MARKET AND EUROMONEY MARKET DEALS BETWEEN BULGARIAN BANKSТ July 2006 (in millions of the respective currencies) MARKETS: interbank money market euromoney market deals between Bulgarian banks deals in BGN value in millions of BGN deals in EUR equivalent in value in millions of millions of EUR EUR deals in USD equivalent in value in millions of millions of BGN USD deals in other currencies equivalent in equivalent in equivalent in equivalent in millions of millions of millions of millions of BGN EUR BGN EUR TYPES OF DEALS: unsecured deposit deals 4816.3 2462.5 2307.5 4513.1 1617.0 2493.4 1274.9 164.4 84.0 secured deposit deals 35.0 17.9 13.9 27.1 2.8 4.3 2.2 - - repo* of Bulgarian govt securities 57.7 29.5 232.1 454.0 24.9 38.3 19.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - outright purchases of short-term BGN Bulgarian govt securities - outright purchases of long-term** BGN Bulgarian govt securities 185.0 94.6 - _ outright purchases of long-term** forex Bulgarian govt securities 0.5 0.3 22.6 44.1 - - - * only the security purchase (money lending) leg ** bonds of over 1 year in original maturity Source: BNB, from commercial banks' daily reports . 1.2. Outright purchases of securities on the secondary market On the interbank secondary market for government securities outright purchases mark a 31.39 per cent rise over June. There were deals in BGN denominated issues longer than 12M, 99.72 per cent (BGN 185 million) of the total amount, and in foreign-currency (EUR) denominated issues, 0.28 per cent (BGN 0.5 million), compared to respectively 95.41 per cent (BGN denominated, also longer than 12M) and 4.59 per cent (foreign-currency EUR and USD - denominated) in June. OUTRIGHT DEALS IN BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, JULY 2006 г. (BGN thousand) 60000 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0 4.07 6.07 10.07 BGN-denominated securities up to 12M 12.07 14.07 18.07 20.07 BGN-denominated securities over 12M 24.07 26.07 28.07 forex-denominated securities . 7 2. CAPITAL MARKET The following primary auction of government securities Boris Malinchev (+359 2) 9145 1704 was carried out by the Bulgarian National Bank as agent of the Ministry of Finance in July: - on 24th July for issue №BG2040006210 (10Y treasury bonds) with maturity date 4th January 2016 New opening of the 10Y government bond issue at the amount of BGN 20 million and 3.50% coupon; In June the Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia (BSESofia) registered for trading on the unofficial market of bonds the following corporate bond issues: - 5Y unsecured bonds for EUR 5 million issued by United Milk Company AD, issuance date 3rd February 2006, annual interest 8%, and 6-month coupon payment (stock-exchange code BOMK); - New issues of corporate bonds admitted for stock-exchange trading 3Y unsecured bonds for EUR 2.2 million issued by Lease Company AD, issuance date 10th November 2005, annual interest 7.75%, and 6-month coupon payment (stock-exchange code BLK); - 3Y unsecured bonds for EUR 20 million issued by Bulgarian-American Credit Bank AD, issuance date 14th December 2005, annual interest 3.70%, and 6month coupon payment (stock-exchange code BBACB2); - 4Y secured bonds with call option for EUR 2 million issued by Agrilease EAD, issuance date 7th Now also callable notes … February 2006, annual interest 3M EURIBOR + 4.15%, and 3-month coupon payment (stockexchange code BAGRI); - 4Y secured bonds with call option for EUR 2 million issued by Translease EAD, issuance date 7th 8 February 2006, annual interest 3M EURIBOR + 4.15%, and 3-month coupon payment (stockexchange code BTRAN); The monthly secondary market stock-exchange turnover of municipal and corporate bonds was almost two times lower than in June and amounted to BGN 21.6 million (a daily average of BGN 1.0 million) including repo-operations for BGN 4 million. . On the world markets the price of EUR-denominated 2007 Bulgarian Eurobonds kept around the 102% mark, of EUR-denominated 2013 globals – up to the 117% mark, and of USD-denominated 2015 globals rose to 115%. On the secondary market the price of the compensation instruments during the whole month was about BGN 0.64 per item. The compensation instruments market turnover amounted to BGN 10.4 million (a daily average of BGN 0.5 million). . 9 03 04 .0 1. 05 .0 20 1 06 .0 1.. 20 06 09 .0 20 06 1 10 .0 1.. 20 06 11 .0 20 06 1 12 .0 1.. 20 06 1 .0 1 20 06 163 .0 . 20 06 1 1 .0 1. 2 06 187 .0 . 200 06 1 1 .0 1. 2 06 209 .0 . 200 06 1 2 .0 1. 2 06 243 .0 . 200 06 1 2 .0 1. 2 06 265 .0 . 200 06 1 0 . 2 1. 2 06 287 .0 . 200 06 1 0 . 30 1.. 20 06 31 .0 1. 20 006 01 .0 20 6 1 02 .0 2.. 20 06 03 .0 20 06 2 06 .0 2.. 20 06 07 .0 20 06 2 08 .0 2.. 20 06 09 .0 20 06 2 10 .0 2.. 20 06 13 .0 20 06 2 14 .0 2.. 20 06 15 .0 20 06 2 16 .0 2.. 20 06 1 .0 2 20 06 207 .0 . 20 06 2 2 .0 2. 2 06 221 .0 . 200 06 2 0 . 2 2. 2 06 243 .0 . 200 06 2 0 . 2 2. 2 06 287 .0 . 200 06 2 0 . 0 2. 2 06 021 .0 . 200 06 3 0 . 0 3. 2 06 076 .0 . 200 06 3 0 . 08 3.. 20 06 09 .0 3. 20 006 10 .0 20 6 3 13 .0 3.. 20 06 14 .0 20 06 3 15 .0 3.. 20 06 16 .0 20 06 3 17 .0 3.. 20 06 20 .0 20 06 3 2 .0 3. 2 06 212 .0 . 200 06 3 2 .0 3. 2 06 234 .0 . 200 06 3 27 .0 3.. 20 06 0 . 2 3 20 06 298 .0 . 20 06 3 0 . 3 3. 2 06 310 .0 . 200 06 3 0 . 0 3. 2 06 043 .0 . 200 06 4 0 . 0 4. 2 06 065 .0 . 200 06 4 0 . 0 4. 2 06 107 .0 . 200 06 4 0 . 1 4. 2 06 121 .0 . 200 06 4 0 . 13 4.. 20 06 14 .0 4. 20 006 17 .0 20 6 4 1 .0 4. 2 06 189 .0 . 200 06 4 2 .0 4. 2 06 201 .0 . 200 06 4 2 .0 4. 2 06 256 .0 . 200 06 4 2 .0 4. 2 06 278 .0 . 200 06 4 0 .0 4. 2 06 023 .0 . 200 06 5 0 .0 5. 2 06 045 .0 . 200 06 5 08 .0 5.. 20 06 0 . 0 5 20 06 109 .0 . 20 06 5 0 . 1 5. 2 06 121 .0 . 200 06 5 0 . 1 5. 2 06 165 .0 . 200 06 5 0 . 1 5. 2 06 187 .0 . 200 06 5 0 . 1 5. 2 06 229 .0 . 200 06 5 23 .0 5.. 20 06 25 .0 20 06 5 26 .0 5.. 20 06 2 .0 5 20 06 390 .0 . 20 06 5 3 .0 5. 2 06 011 .0 . 200 06 5 0 .0 6. 2 06 025 .0 . 200 06 6 0 .0 6. 2 06 067 .0 . 200 06 6 0 .0 6. 2 06 089 .0 . 200 06 6 1 .0 6. 2 06 132 .0 . 200 06 6 14 .0 6.. 20 06 0 . 1 6 20 06 165 .0 . 20 06 6 0 . 1 6. 2 06 209 .0 . 200 06 6 21 .0 6.. 20 06 22 .0 20 06 6 23 .0 6.. 20 06 26 .0 20 06 6 27 .0 6.. 20 06 28 .0 20 06 6 29 .0 6.. 20 06 30 .0 20 06 6 03 .0 6.. 20 06 0 .0 7 20 06 045 .0 . 20 06 7 0 .0 7. 2 06 067 .0 . 200 06 7 1 .0 7. 2 06 110 .0 . 200 06 7 1 .0 7. 2 06 132 .0 . 200 06 7 1 .0 7. 2 06 174 .0 . 200 06 7 1 .0 7. 2 06 198 .0 . 200 06 7 20 .0 7.. 20 06 21 .0 7. 20 006 24 .0 20 6 7 25 .0 7.. 20 06 26 .0 20 06 7 27 .0 7.. 20 06 28 .0 20 06 7 31 .0 7.. 20 06 .0 7 20 06 . 20 06 06 03 04 .0 1 05 .0 1.. 20 0 .0 2 0 06 .0 1. 0 06 190 .0 1. 220 06 11 .0 1. 20 06 1 12 .0 1.. 200 066 1 .0 2 0 163 .0 1. 20 066 17 .0 1. 20 0 1 18 .0 1.. 200 066 1 .0 2 0 209 .0 1. 20 066 2 .0 1. 0 243 .0 1. 220 006 1 2 .0 1. 20 06 25 .0 . 20 06 267 .0 1. 20 066 28 .0 1. 20 0 1 30 .0 1.. 200 066 3 .0 2 0 011 .0 1. 20 066 02 .0 1. 20 0 2 03 .0 2.. 200 066 0 .0 2 0 06 .0 2. 0 06 078 .0 2. 220 06 09 .0 2. 20 06 2 1 .0 2. 20 06 10 .0 . 20 06 143 .0 2. 20 066 15 .0 2. 20 0 2 16 .0 2.. 200 066 1 .0 2 0 207 .0 2. 20 066 2 .0 2. 0 221 .0 2. 220 006 2 2 .0 2. 20 06 23 .0 . 20 06 247 .0 2. 20 066 28 .0 2. 20 0 2 0 .0 2. 20 06 01 .0 . 20 06 062 .0 3. 20 066 0 .0 3. 0 087 .0 3. 220 006 3 0 .0 3. 20 06 109 .0 . 200 066 1 .0 3. 0 143 .0 3. 220 06 3 1 .0 3. 20 06 15 .0 . 20 06 167 .0 3. 20 066 2 .0 3. 0 210 .0 3. 220 006 3 2 .0 3. 20 06 232 .0 . 200 066 2 .0 3. 0 274 .0 3. 220 06 3 2 .0 3. 20 06 298 .0 . 200 066 3 .0 3. 0 30 .0 3. 20 6 013 .0 3. 220 006 3 0 .0 4. 20 06 045 .0 . 200 066 0 .0 4. 0 076 .0 4. 220 06 4 1 .0 4. 20 06 110 .0 . 200 066 1 .0 4. 0 132 .0 4. 220 06 4 1 .0 4. 20 06 174 .0 . 200 066 1 .0 4. 0 18 .0 4. 20 6 290 .0 4. 220 006 4 2 .0 4. 20 06 215 .0 . 200 066 2 .0 4. 0 276 .0 4. 220 06 4 2 .0 4. 20 06 028 .0 . 200 066 0 .0 4. 0 043 .0 5. 220 06 05 .0 5. 20 06 5 08 .0 5.. 200 066 0 .0 2 0 19 .0 5. 0 06 101 .0 5. 220 06 5 1 .0 5. 20 06 125 .0 . 200 066 1 .0 5. 0 176 .0 5. 220 06 18 .0 5. 20 06 5 19 .0 5.. 200 066 2 .0 2 0 232 .0 5. 20 066 25 .0 5. 20 0 5 26 .0 5.. 200 066 2 .0 2 0 39 .0 5. 0 06 301 .0 5. 220 06 01 .0 5. 20 06 5 02 .0 6.. 200 066 0 .0 2 0 065 .0 6. 20 066 07 .0 6. 20 0 6 08 .0 6.. 200 066 0 .0 2 0 129 .0 6. 20 066 1 .0 6. 0 143 .0 6. 220 006 6 1 .0 6. 20 06 15 .0 . 20 06 169 .0 6. 20 066 20 .0 6. 20 0 6 21 .0 6.. 200 066 2 .0 2 0 232 .0 6. 20 066 26 .0 6. 20 0 6 27 .0 6.. 200 066 2 .0 2 0 298 .0 6. 20 066 3 .0 6. 0 030 .0 6. 220 006 6 0 .0 7. 20 06 04 .0 . 20 06 056 .0 7. 20 066 07 .0 7. 20 0 7 10 .0 7.. 200 066 1 .0 2 0 121 .0 7. 20 066 1 .0 7. 0 143 .0 7. 220 006 7 1 .0 7. 20 06 187 .0 . 200 066 1 .0 7. 0 209 .0 7. 220 06 7 2 .0 7. 20 06 21 .0 . 20 06 245 .0 7. 20 066 2 .0 7. 0 276 .0 7. 220 006 7 2 .0 7. 20 06 318 .0 . 200 066 .0 77. 2 06 . 200 0 066 BG40 and SOFIX ASSET MARKETS 190.00 NET ASSETS: GROSS ASSETS: real estate commodities 1100.000 1050.000 1000.000 950.000 900.000 850.000 800.000 750.000 700.000 650.000 1.4 01. Декемвр и 03. Ян уар и 15. Декемвр и 1250.00 170.00 150.00 1100.00 130.00 950.00 110.00 800.00 equity Jan-Jul 2006 BG40 (the index is quarterly) 17. Ян уар и 30. Декемвр и 30. Ян уар и 16. Ян уар и 13. Февр уар и 28. Ян уар и 27. Февр уар и 10. Февр уар и 14. М ар т 24. Февр уар и 28. М ар т 13. М ар т 11. Ап р и л 27. М ар т 10. Ап р и л SOFIX . REMI sales: Aug 2002 = 100.00; rent: Jan-Mar 2004 = 100.00 225 200 175 150 125 100 sales (l) 26. Ап р и л 11. М ай 25. Ап р и л 26. М ай 10. М ай 25. М ай 09. Юн и 08. Юн и 23. Юн и 22. Юн и 07. Юли 06. Юли 200 175 150 125 100 75 Jan-Jul 2006 rent (r) . GOLD 21. Юли XAUBGN . FOREX 1.8 forex 1.7 1.6 1.5 20. Юли USDBGN . 10 BIG MAC INDEX ABSOLUT E 2006 (BGN per USD) indices based on the purchasing power parity calculated via only 1 commodity: the BIG MAC 2.00000 1.75000 1.50000 1.25000 1.00000 0.75000 03.Ян уа ри 17.Ян уа ри 30.Ян уа ри 13.Фе в ру а ри 27.Фе в ру а ри 14.Ма рт 28.Ма рт 11.Ап рил 26.Ап рил XR 11.Ма й 26.Ма й 09.Юн и 23.Юн и 07.Юли 21.Юли PPP . size of the undervaluation of the BGN vis-à-vis the purchasing power parity BIG MAC INDEX RELAT IVE 2006 (%) 50% 25% 0% -25% -50% 03 .Ян уа ри 1 7 .Ян уа ри 3 0.Ян уа ри 1 3 .Фе в ру а ри 2 7 .Фе в ру а ри 1 4 .Ма рт 2 8 .Ма рт 1 1 .Ап рил 2 6 .Ап рил 1 1 .Ма й 2 6 .Ма й 09 .Юн и 2 3 .Юн и 07 .Юли 2 1 .Юли VALUATION . BIG MAC INDEX ABSOLUT E 2006 (BGN per EUR) 2.00000 1.75000 1.50000 1.25000 1.00000 0.75000 03 .Ян уа ри 1 7 .Ян уа ри 3 0.Ян уа ри 1 3 .Фе в ру а ри 2 7 .Фе в ру а ри 1 4 .Ма рт 2 8 .Ма рт 1 1 .Ап рил 2 6 .Ап рил XR 1 1 .Ма й 2 6 .Ма й 09 .Юн и 2 3 .Юн и 07 .Юли 2 1 .Юли size of the undervaluation of the BGN vis-à-vis the purchasing power parity PPP . BIG MAC INDEX RELAT IVE 2006 (%) 50% 25% 0% -25% -50% 03 .Ян уа ри 1 7 .Ян уа ри 3 0.Ян уа ри 1 3 .Фе в ру а ри 2 7 .Фе в ру а ри 1 4 .Ма рт 2 8 .Ма рт 1 1 .Ап ри л 2 6 .Ап ри л 1 1 .Ма й 2 6 .Ма й 09 .Юн и 2 3 .Юн и 07 .Юли 2 1 .Юли VALUATION . 11 Boris Malinchev (+359 2) 9145 1704 1. EQUITY CAPITAL (NET ASSETS) BSE-SOFIA IPO MARKET (in millions of BGN) July 2006 Segments IPO shares Securities to be traded on: official market IPO bonds unofficial market DEALS: - official market 10.1 IPO govt securities unofficial market - IPO other securities official market official market - unofficial market - - 0.1 Source: BSE-Sofia daily reports . BSE-SOFIA TRADE IN SECURITIES (in millions of BGN) July 2006 Markets Segments at which the instruments are registered EQUITY MARKET official unofficial market of market shares segments unoff. A,B,C market of shares BOND MARKET official market of bonds unofficial market of bonds govt securities municipal bonds corporate bonds municipal bonds corporate bonds OTHER unofficial market compensative instruments market NON-BOURSE public non-public unofficial market of other dematerialised securities (rights/shares)(units/funds) INSTRUMENTS AND DEALS: Trade in primary instruments, of which: regular deals block deals; transfers repos tender purchases tender sales (large stakes) auctions primary sales for listing redemption privatis. market deals (cash) Privatis. market (compensative) 13.0 73.4 - - 3.0 - 18.6 10.4 0.5 0.2 - - 12.4 0.0 0.6 - 73.0 0.4 - - - 1.7 1.3 - - 15.9 2.7 - 10.4 - 0.2 0.3 - 0.2 - - - - Source: BSE-Sofia daily reports . The Bulgarian Stock Exchange – Sofia (BSE-Sofia) monthly turnover in shares decreased almost twice compared with the Juny volume and was BGN 86.4 million (a daily average of BGN 4.1 million), including repo deals for BGN 0.6 million and block deals (and deals registered via authorised intermediaries) for BGN 0.4 million. The major deals in ordinary trading were concluded for shares in BTC, BACB AD, Odessos Shipyard AD, and Toplivo AD. . 12 The price trend of the Bulgarian market was of mild appreciation, while there was stagnation on the leading foreign markets. . . PENSION FUND PRICE INDICES (1 JULY 2004 BGN 1) 1.2 1.18 BGN 1.16 VOLIDEX 1.14 PROFIDEX 1.12 UNIDEX 1.1 31.07.2006 29.07.2006 27.07.2006 25.07.2006 23.07.2006 21.07.2006 19.07.2006 17.07.2006 15.07.2006 13.07.2006 11.07.2006 09.07.2006 07.07.2006 05.07.2006 1.06 03.07.2006 1.08 . 13 Placements of shares at the amount of BGN 10.1 million were effected on the IPO market of the BSESofia in July. . 2. FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET Lubomir Tonev (+359 2) 9145 1608 Daniel Yankov (+359 2) 9145 1610 In July the USD/BGN exchange rate ranged from 1.52871 (5th July), to 1.56692 (19th July). Daily BNB reference exchange rate for the USD, July 2006 1.5700 1.5600 1.5500 1.5400 BGN per USD 1 1.5300 1.5200 1.5100 03 .0 7 05 .0 7 07 .0 7 09 .0 7 11 .0 7 13 .0 7 15 .0 7 17 .0 7 19 .0 7 21 .0 7 23 .0 7 25 .0 7 27 .0 7 29 .0 7 31 .0 7 1.5000 . 14 Daily USD turnover and exchange rates (commercial banks), July 2006 100.00 75.00 50.00 1.5800 31.07 28.07 27.07 26.07 25.07 24.07 21.07 20.07 19.07 18.07 17.07 14.07 13.07 12.07 11.07 10.07 07.07 1.4800 06.07 0.00 05.07 1.5300 04.07 25.00 03.07 USD mln 1.6300 BGN per USD 1 1.6800 traded between commercial banks bought from customers sold to customers average rate for purchases from customers average rate for sales to customers average interbank rate . Total monthly foreign exchange market turnover, July 2005 to July 2006 Jul-06 6256.1 Jun-06 6273.8 May-06 7605.3 Apr-06 6904.5 Mar-06 5834.9 Feb-06 4277.7 Jan-06 4307.4 Dec-05 4590 Nov-05 4215.7 Oct-05 4231.1 Sep-05 Aug-05 Jul-05 in mln of EUR 3775.7 4568.4 4210.2 . In July the total turnover of the (spot) foreign exchange market reached to EUR 6 256.1 million. The average daily turnover was EUR 297.9 million. The interbank turnover (without BNB) was, in euro terms, EUR 67.4 million. The USD trade between commercial banks was USD 30.7 million and comprised 35.9 per cent of interbank foreign exchange trading (without BNB). 15 Foreign exchange trading between commercial banks, July 2005 to July 2006 Jul-06 67.4 Jun-06 113 May-06 46.7 Apr-06 88.1 Mar-06 123.8 Feb-06 85.7 Jan-06 136.6 Dec-05 in mln of EUR 92.7 Nov-05 83.8 Oct-05 86.6 Sep-05 74.5 Aug-05 65 Jul-05 79.2 . Monthly EUR trading between BNB and commercial banks, July 2005 to July 2006 501 542 70 472-400 616 -600 190 -800 649 101 426- Jul-05 504 150 354- 548- Aug-05 565 12 489- Oct-05 Sep-05 -1000 1198 381 153 412- 129- 510- Nov-05 655 113 542- Jan-06 Dec-05 -1200 963 174 789- Feb-06 -1400 1389 236 129 1069- Apr-06 Mar-06 1138 1129 246 883- 1153- May-06 267 871- Jul-06 Jun-06 -200 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 EUR mln net bought from commercial banks sold to commercial banks . 16 Foreign exchange trading between commercial banks, July 2006 100 in millions of EUR 75 50 25 31 .0 7 29 .0 7 27 .0 7 25 .0 7 23 .0 7 21 .0 7 19 .0 7 17 .0 7 15 .0 7 13 .0 7 11 .0 7 09 .0 7 07 .0 7 05 .0 7 03 .0 7 0 . EUR exchange rate, July 2006 BGN per EUR 1 1.99984 1.95583 03 .0 04 7 .0 05 7 .0 06 7 .0 07 7 .0 08 7 .0 09 7 .0 10 7 .0 11 7 .0 12 7 .0 13 7 .0 14 7 .0 15 7 .0 16 7 .0 17 7 .0 18 7 .0 19 7 .0 20 7 .0 21 7 .0 22 7 .0 23 7 .0 24 7 .0 25 7 .0 26 7 .0 27 7 .0 28 7 .0 29 7 .0 30 7 .0 31 7 .0 7 1.91182 BNB comm.banks from customers interbank comm.banks to customers . On the interbank market, the BNB purchased EUR 1 137.6 million and sold EUR 871.4 million. The amount of foreign exchange that the BNB sold to budgetary organisations (equal to EUR 24.5 million), exceeded BNB purchases (equal to EUR 5.1 million) by EUR 19.4 million. Daily EUR turnover (commercial banks), July 2006 100 50 25 7 7 .0 31 7 .0 30 7 .0 29 7 .0 .0 27 28 7 7 .0 .0 sold to customers 26 7 25 7 .0 .0 24 7 23 .0 7 boug ht from customers 22 7 .0 21 7 .0 20 7 .0 .0 18 19 7 7 .0 .0 16 traded between commercial banks 17 7 7 .0 .0 15 7 14 7 .0 13 7 .0 12 7 .0 11 7 .0 .0 09 10 7 7 .0 .0 07 08 7 7 .0 .0 06 7 05 .0 04 .0 7 0 03 EUR mln 75 . 17 Daily EUR trading between BNB and commercial banks, July 2006 200.00 160.00 120.00 EUR mln 80.00 40.00 0.00 -40.00 -80.00 -120.00 03 .0 7 04 .0 7 05 .0 7 06 .0 7 07 .0 7 08 .0 7 09 .0 7 10 .0 7 11 .0 7 12 .0 7 13 .0 7 14 .0 7 15 .0 7 16 .0 7 17 .0 7 18 .0 7 19 .0 7 20 .0 7 21 .0 7 22 .0 7 23 .0 7 24 .0 7 25 .0 7 26 .0 7 27 .0 7 28 .0 7 29 .0 7 30 .0 7 31 .0 7 -160.00 -200.00 "+" BNB purchases; "-" BNB sales" spot value (net) tomorrow value same day value . The trade between commercial banks and customers amounted to EUR 2 072.5 million, and the amount of foreign exchange that commercial banks bought (equal to EUR 1 161.1 million) exceeded their sales (equal to EUR 911.3 million) by EUR 249.8 million. Within this turnover, the commercial banks bought foreign exchange from foreign entities equal to EUR 49.1 million and sold to them foreign exchange equal to EUR 17.9 million. Non-bank financial intermediaries, licensed by the BNB for foreign exchange trading, purchased foreign exchange equal to EUR 101.9 million and sold foreign currencies equal to EUR 104.3 million. Foreign exchange trading of commercial banks with customers, July 2006 125 100 75 25 31 .0 7 29 .0 7 27 .0 7 25 .0 7 23 .0 7 21 .0 7 19 .0 7 17 .0 7 15 .0 7 13 .0 7 11 .0 7 09 .0 7 07 .0 7 -25 05 .0 7 0 03 .0 7 in millions of EUR 50 -50 -75 -100 bought f rom customers . sold to customers net 18 FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET JULY 2006 (in millions of EUR) Purchases 67.4 1161.1 1143.0 1137.6 Interbank market Comm. banks with customers BNB total BNB with commercial banks of which: *with commercial banks - SPOT *with commercial banks - TOM *with commercial banks - TDY *with commercial banks - NOTES BNB transactions with budgetary organisations BNB notes operations at counters 46.9 0.0 1090.8 0.0 5.1 0.2 Sales 67.4 911.3 896.7 871.4 Balance 0.0 249.8 246.3 266.3 871.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.5 0.8 -824.5 0.0 1090.8 0.0 -19.4 -0.5 . Currency structure of forex trading, July 2006 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% other currencies 40% USD 30% EUR 20% 10% 0% 1 2 3 4 1-total (BNB,com m .banks,custom ers); 2-interbank (w ithout BNB); 3-com m ercial banks w ith custom ers; 4-forex trading of non-bank financial interm idiaries . TENDENCIES Short-term expectations: - increase in money market turnover with the redistribution of liquidity after the easing of restrictions under the BNB’ Regulation №21 and release of part of mandatory reserves; interest rates are in line with the euro area base rate, 3.0 % from early August; - SOFIX and BG40 indices to reach the high levels (close or higher than the historical values) of around 930 and 175 respectively; - USD/BGN to move within 1.50-1.55. 19