Guyana Stock Exchange
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The Guyana Stock Exchange is the newest exchange in the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) bloc of countries. Trading began June 30, 2003 and takes place weekly via word of mouth on the trading floor supported by an electronic limit order book. Several companies in Trinidad and Tobago
(such as RBTT) have considered cross-listing themselves on the Guyana Stock Exchange. Trinidad Cement Limited became the first to do so early in January 2007.
The Guyana
Association of Securities Companies and Intermediaries Inc. (GASCI) operates the. GASCI is registered with the Guyana Securities Council. As of December 27, 2007 the market capitalisation of the local stocks stood at US$275.3M.
Caribbean Community
The Caribbean Community is an organisation of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies. CARICOM's main purposes are to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy...
(CARICOM) bloc of countries. Trading began June 30, 2003 and takes place weekly via word of mouth on the trading floor supported by an electronic limit order book. Several companies in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
(such as RBTT) have considered cross-listing themselves on the Guyana Stock Exchange. Trinidad Cement Limited became the first to do so early in January 2007.
The Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
Association of Securities Companies and Intermediaries Inc. (GASCI) operates the. GASCI is registered with the Guyana Securities Council. As of December 27, 2007 the market capitalisation of the local stocks stood at US$275.3M.
See also
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