Early data show that direct foreign investments in Bulgaria from January to June 2001 totalled USD 274.6 million, down by 3.9% (USD 11.2 million) from January-June 2000, the National Bank of Bulgaria said Friday. The joint stock capital attracted from external investors in the first half of this year totalled USD 155.3m, up USD 27.9m from a year earlier. The joint stock capital attracted through privatization stood at USD 19m, down USD 700,000. The joint stock capital received through other deals was USD 136.3m, up USD 28.6m. Early data show that reinvested profit in January-June 2001 totalled USD 3.7m, down from USD 32.5m a year earlier