FEAS Yearbook FEAS Yearbook 2008 | Page 41

FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES SEMI ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 2008 MACEDONIAN STOCK EXCHANGE OFFICIAL 6 MONTH STATISTICS US$ millions Total Volume Average Daily Volume # Shares millions Total Volume Average Daily Volume Stocks Jan-08 Feb-08 Mar-08 Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 TOTAL 15.1068 21.1248 24.6827 17.5155 10.3383 13.3541 102.12 0.7194 1.0059 1.2341 0.8758 0.4923 0.6677 0.83 0.2468 0.3642 0.4529 0.4016 0.3398 0.4531 0.38 0.0118 0.0173 0.0226 0.0201 0.0162 0.0227 0.02 Bonds Jan-08 Feb-08 Mar-08 Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 TOTAL 2.9601 1.0036 1.5476 1.9041 1.5174 1.9481 10.88 0.141 0.0478 0.0774 0.0952 0.0723 0.0974 0.09 0.8624 0.7315 1.1329 1.3955 1.1015 1.4604 6.68 0.0411 0.0348 0.0566 0.0698 0.0525 0.073 0.05 Other Jan-08 Feb-08 Mar-08 Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Market Capitalization (US$ millions) Index Jan-08 2,560.36 7,106.99 Feb-08 2,583.63 7,056.08 Mar-08 2,574.38 6,707.40 Apr-08 2,183.77 5,815.12 May-08 2,157.42 5,751.32 Jun-08 1,876.59 4,885.99 PRACTICES & PROCEDURES Trading Days Hours Market segmentation System Mechanisms Market-maker/Specialists Instruments Currency Real time information Monday -Friday 09:00-12:00 Official and unofficial market Remote access, data dissemination, WAN Call auction, continuous auction No Stocks, bonds, government certificates Local Brokerage houses, banks Clearing & Settlement Central Depository Period Registered Settlement Clearing DVP Clearing Institution Risk Sharing Margin/Lending Custodians Yes T+3 Yes Book entry Transaction by transaction Yes, full DVP Yes No No Banks Taxes Cash Dividends Interest Income Capital Gains 15% N/A No Structure & Regulations Legal Regulation Securities market regulations Trading rules Surveillance Corporate actions Trading halts regulations Investor protection For profit-joint stock company Self Regulatory institutions, SEC and Exchange Exchange, government institution Yes Centralized Yes Yes Foreign Participation Foreign investors Investment limitations Yes No limitations PAGE 41