BISX ALL SHARE INDEX COMPARISON JAN. – JUNE 2007 – 2009
BISX PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION
JANUARY TO JUNE 2009 STATISTICAL REPORT
BISX is pleased to announce its BISX All Share Index and trading statistics for the six month period ending June 30, 2009 with comparison to the same period of 2008.
BISX ALL SHARE INDEX
For the six month period ending June 30, 2009 the BISX All Share Index closed at 1579.23, which represented a year to date decrease of 133.33 points or -7.77%. For the three month period from April 1, 2009 – June 30, 2009 the Index experienced a decrease of 59.57 points. The BISX All Share Index is a market capitalization weighted index comprised of all primary market listings excluding debt securities.
As at June 30, 2009 the market was comprised of 24 primary market listings with a market capitalization of $3.045 billion. The primary market securities traded over BISX include 19 common share listings, 1 preference share listing and 4 tranches of debt.
TRADING VOLUMES AND VALUES
Trading volume for the six month period of 2009 was 1,655,638 shares trading for a value of $8,719,876.36. During the comparable period of 2008, 2,228,160 shares traded for a value of $15,275,415.25. For the three month period from April 1, 2009 to June 30, 2009 1,037,301 shares traded for a value of $5,365,011.87
AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME AND VALUE
13,361 shares traded on the average trading day during the six month period ended June 30, 2009.
May saw the highest average traded volume of any of the months with 39,015 shares trading during the average trading day for an average traded value of $213,821.55. During the average trading day for the six month period, the average value traded was $70,581.52.
SHARE VOLUME AND VALUE LEADERS
The top five share volume leaders on BISX for the six month period ending June 30, 2009 with their contribution to total traded volume displayed in brackets were:
SYMBOL TRADE VOLUME % OF VOLUME
CBL 407,787 24.6%
AML 347,729 21.0%
FCLB 160,000 9.7%
DHS 126,330 7.6%
FCL 113,227 6.8%
The top five share value leaders for the six month period ending June 30, 2009 with their contribution to total traded value displayed in brackets were:
SYMBOL TRADE VALUE % OF TRADE VALUE
CBL $2,617,735.63 30.0%
CAB $1,132,975.56 13.0%
CIB $1,049,856.60 12.0%
FIN $733,261.81 8.4%
FCL $576.578.25 6.6%
For Additional Information Contact
Holland Grant
BISX Listing Manager
Tel: 242-323-2330
Fax: 242-323-2320
Email: info@bisxbahamas.com
Bahamas International Securities Exchange
50 Exchange Place, Bay Street
P. O. Box EE-15672, Nassau, Bahamas
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