• Founded on September 13, 1995 as a non profit JSC (19 founders – banks and other financial institutions)
• March 28, 1996 the first trading day of the MSE
• April, 25 2001 – introduction of the electronic trading system – BEST
• June 2001 – MSE was transferred into profit JSC
• Currently 11 members – 5 brokerage houses and 6 banks
• Types of instruments traded – shares, bonds and other securities
• Trading time: five days a week (monday-friday) from 9:00 to 14:00
• Two market segments:Official market (Sub segments: Super listing, Exchange listing, Mandatory listing, Listing of small companies)
and Regular market (Sub-segments: Market of JSC with special reporting obligations and Free market)
• 100 listed companies with market capitalization over 2.8 billion Eur
• Around 140 listed government bonds
• Order driven market
• Public exchange auctions for government and/or other legal entities (by request)
• Public offerings (primary market)
• Main index: MBI10 – Price index weighted with the free float market capitalization, consisted of max 10 ordinary shares