YSX suspended, dives on reopening

YSX suspended, dives on reopening

Trading on the Yangon Stock Exchange was suspended Monday and Tuesday following the military coup. When it reopened on Wednesday, the benchmark index fell 26.47, or 6%, to 417.25 from its previous close on Jan. 29, the first time since April 2020 the

YSX to add four new companies this year

The Yangon Stock Exchange will soon add a seventh company, Amata Holding, to its bourse, but three more are planned for this year, YSX executive senior manager U Thet Tun Oo told Bloomberg. He added that as many as 30 are in consideration as the exch
Myanmar to open up Yangon stock exchange to foreign investments

COVID hit YSX trades in 2020

Trades on the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) plunged in 2020, according to its annual report. Only MMK 12.6 billion worth of shares were traded, a drop of nearly MMK 800 million from the previous year. The downturn came despite a sixth company, Everflow
Stock trading on YSX sluggish

Stock trading on YSX sluggish

The volume of shares traded on the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) in October has sunk to its lowest value at MMK 673.5 million with 85,630 shares exchanged, YSX’s monthly report indicated. The government has been trying to boost participation in the Y

New stock exchange gains official approval

This week, Myanmar’s second stock exchange, which we already reported about, has been officially approved, with a planned launch before the end of the year. The new exchange will be a pre-listing board for companies that do not qualify for the

New pre-listing stock exchange planned

A second stock exchange may soon arrive in Myanmar. The government plans to set up a pre-listing board for publicly traded companies that do not yet qualify for the Yangon Stock Exchange, U Maung Maung Win, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commis