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Bursa Malaysia

Stock Exchanges and Market Infrastructure

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 Year
1964 1
Sourced 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 account
Exchange Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1
Geography
Country or Jurisdiction Served
Malaysia 2
Wikidata Q43335, property P17 (country).
Classification
Institution SubtypeSourced to the subject's own account
Stock Exchange 1
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Sources
1. Bursa Malaysia (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Infobox, 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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2. Wikidata
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata: Bursa Malaysia
Wikidata Q43335, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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