Asian stock market

The Asian stock market is a broad and highly diverse one, stretching form the western parts of Asia, through the Middle East and all the way to South East Asia. In this article, you will learn a bit more about a few of the many stock exchanges active on the Asian market. You can also find more information in our longer articles about specific Asian stock markets, such as the China stock market, Vietnam stock market, Singapore stock market, Philippine stock market, Bombay stock market, and Hong Kong stock market. 

Bahrain Stock Exchange

The Bahrain Stock Exchange (BSE) is not the most famous part of the Asian stock market, but it is still of imperative interest since Bahrain offers a tax-free environment. Corporate as well as personal taxation is completely non-existent in this borderless island kingdom located in the Persian Gulf.  

The Bahrain Stock Exchange is a comparatively new addition to the Asian stock market, established in 1987 by Amiri Decree No.(4). When it started out, it had 29 listed companies. As of 2007, there are around 50 listed companies. There are three different indices keeping track of the BSE: The Dow Jones Bahrain Index, The Estirad Index, and the Bahrain All Share Index.

The Bahrain Stock Exchange is an autonomous institution supervised by an independent Board of Directors. The board is chaired by the Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain. If you want to trade securities listed on BSE, you must normally trade them on the floor through a registered broker. There are however a few exceptions.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is another hub in the Asian stock market. Roughly 660 companies are listed with the TASE, and roughly 60 of these companies are also listed on other stock exchanges in other countries. About 180 exchange-traded funds are also listed with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and so are over 1000 mutual funds, 500 corporate bonds, and 60 government bonds.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is the only stock exchange in Israel and is colloquially reffered to simply as the Bourse. This exchange can trace its ancestry back to the Exchange Bureau for Securities, which was founded by the Anglo-Palestine Bank in 1935.

Colombo Stock Exchange

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is the chief Sri Lankan stock exchange and one of the most modern exchanges in the entire South Asia. The trading platform is today fully automated and the exchange operates three main systems: the Central Depository System, the Automated Trading System, and the Debt Securities Trading System.

Sri Lanka has formed a part of the Asian stock market since 1896 when the Colombo Brokers Association begun share trading in limited liability companies. During the beginning, all these companies were involved in the opening of Sri Lankan plantations. It would however take long before any formal stock exchange was created. In 1985, the Colombo Stock Exchange was incorporated and took over this part of the Asian stock market from the Colombo Share Brokers Association.

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