The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) has announced its All-Share Index and Trading Statistics for the six month period ending June 30, 2012 - with comparison to the same period of 2011. The BISX All-Share Index is a market capitalization weighted index comprised of all primary market listings excluding debt securities.
For the six month period ending June 30, 2012 the BISX All-Share Index closed at 1,311.53, representing a year to date decrease of 53.46 or 3.92%. For the six month period ending June 30, 2011 the BISX All-Share Index closed at 1,410.58. This represented a year to date decrease of 88.93 or 5.93%.
As at June 30, 2012 the market was comprised of 26 primary market listings with a market capitalization of $2.745 Billion. The primary market securities traded over BISX include 19 common share listings, 3 preference share listings and 4 tranches of debt. Trading volume for the six month period ending June 30, 2012 was 2,827,912 shares for a value of $12,178,911.65. By comparison, trading volume for the six month period ending June 30, 2011 was 1,248,035 shares for a value of $6,945,295.18.
BISX Statistics