Handbook of World Stock and Commodity Exchanges 1991

This guide to world stock and commodity exchanges provides information about exchanges in 50 countries. Each entry includes the official exchange name, the official address, telephone, fax and telex numbers, details of overseas representative offices, a brief history of the exchange, the structure of the exchange and prospective developments. There are also details of opening hours, the number of listed domestic and foreign shares, market capitalization, the percentage capitalization of the top 20 shares, types of shares traded, the trading system used, the way in which instruments are traded, settlement and transfer, taxation and regulations affecting foreign investors, commission rates and other client costs, investor protection codes, and principle indices and their constituents. There is a similar range of information for future markets with the emphasis on delivery details.