The Yangon Stock Exchange (; abbreviated YSX) opened in December 2015, at the former Central Bank of Myanmar and Myawaddy Bank headquarters in Yangon.
As of 2017, the stock exchange had only four listings.
History On 23 December 2014, two Japanese firms, Daiwa Institute of Research, the research arm of Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Exchange Group, established a joint venture with the state-owned Myanma Economic Bank to establish this stock exchange. The joint venture firm, the Yangon Stock Exchange-Joint Venture Limited had a working capital of . The Securities and Exchange Commission selected Kanbawza Bank to be YSX' settlement bank.
Building history
The YSX building, located on the corner of Sule Pagoda Road and Merchant Street, formerly housed the Central Bank of Myanmar. The neoclassical structure was designed by G Douglas Smart, and opened in 1939, as the Rangon branch of the Reserve Bank of India, and managed British Burma's financial system, even after its separation from British India in 1937.
Following monetary independence from Britain, the building became home to the Union Bank of Burma (ပြည်တောင်စုဘဏ်), and the first Burmese kyats were issued there in July 1952. It remained the site of Myanmar's central bank until 1993, when it became occupied by the military-owned Myawaddy Bank.
Listed Companies CodeListing DateCompany nameIndustryFoundationISIN 00001 2016-03-25 First Myanmar Investment Investment Company 1992-07-03 MM0000100006 00002 2016-05-20 Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Holdings Public Limited Real Estate Development 2013-05-03 MM0000200004 00003 2016-08-26 Myanmar Citizens Bank Ltd Commercial Banking Industry 1991-10-30 MM0000300002 00004 2017-01-20 First Private Bank Limited Commercial Banking Industry 1991-09-09 MM0000400000 00005 2018-01-26 TMH Telecom Public Telecommunications Industry 2007-08-21 MM0000500007 00006 2020-05-28 Ever Flow River Group logistics 2014-04-10 MM0000600005 00007 2021-06-03 Amata Holding Public Co., Ltd Hotel Business 2017-06-27 MM0000700003 00008 2023-07-03 Myanmar Agro Exchange Public Co., Ltd Wholesale Market 2015-09-14 MM0000800000
See also List of ASEAN stock exchanges by market capitalization Rangoon Stock Exchange
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