THE grand trading value of the eight listed companies on the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) reached K527.9 million with 175,656 shares in October, according to the monthly report released by the exchange.
The equity market registered the trading values of K1 billion with 425,102 shares in January 2024, K693 million with 253,178 million in February, K1.34 billion with 560,687 shares in March, K473 million with 177,812 shares in April and K1.55 billion with 603,906 shares in May respectively. The trading value hit a record high of K1.7 billion, with 593,392 shares traded in June. Then, the value fell sharply to K974 million, with 321,007 shares traded in July. The stock trading hit a record high of K3.35 billion with over one million shares in August 2024 and then plummeted to K920.7 million with 382,286 shares traded in September, respectively.
At present, shares of eight listed companies – First Myanmar Investment (FMI), Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Holdings (MTSH), Myanmar Citizens Bank (MCB), First Private Bank (FPB), TMH Telecom Public Co Ltd (TMH), the Ever Flow River Group Public Co Ltd (EFR), Amata Holding Public Co Ltd. (AMATA) and Myanmar Agro Exchange Public Co Ltd (MAEX) are traded in the security market.
MTSH topped the trading with 54,887 shares worth K183.5 million, followed by 40,169 shares of MAEX worth over K136.7 million, 51,317 shares of FPB worth over K99.6 million, 6,500 shares of FMI worth over K55.4 million, 16,091 shares of EFR worth K27 million, 2,444 shares of AMATA worth over K10.8 million, 3,691 shares of TMH worth K9.9 million and 557 shares of MCB worth K4.7 million respectively last month. — KK