Bursa Malaysia was established in 1964 as the Malaysian Stock Exchange, evolving from securities-trading organizations dating to 1930, and is headquartered at Exchange Square in Kuala Lumpur. It operates as one of the largest exchanges in ASEAN, trading equities, bonds and derivatives alongside the Securities Commission of Malaysia's regulatory oversight, and it first surpassed RM2 trillion in market capitalization on May 7, 2024.
Facts
Founding YearSourced to the subject's own accountThe exchange's own lineage runs through predecessor bodies to a 1930 Singapore Stockbrokers Association and a 1960 Malayan Stock Exchange; the modern legal entity was renamed Bursa Malaysia after a 2004 demutualization. Recorded 1964, the infobox's own Founded figure (as the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange), rather than the earlier predecessor or the later renaming. HeadquartersSourced to the subject's own accountExchange Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1 Geography
Country or Jurisdiction ServedWikidata Q43335, property P17 (country). Classification
Institution SubtypeSourced to the subject's own account In the Other Atlases
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Sources
1. Bursa Malaysia (Wikipedia)
WikipediaInfobox, Founded field
1964
Infobox, Location field
Exchange Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Introduction, institution-subtype
Bursa Malaysia was established in 1964 as the Malaysian Stock Exchange, evolving from securities-trading organizations dating to 1930, and is headquartered at Exchange Square in Kuala Lumpur.
In Group: Stock Exchanges of Asia and the Pacific, Lead paragraph
is the stock exchange in Malaysia.
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Wikidata: Bursa Malaysia
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