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14-740: CSE was established under the Cyprus Securities and Stock Exchange Law which provides for the development of the securities market in Cyprus and for the establishment and operation of the Cyprus Stock Exchange. It was passed by the House of Representatives in April 1993. Operations began on March 29 1996. In 2006, it launched a common platform with the Athens Stock Exchange . The exchange is a member of

28-583: Is ASE ; the Reuters code is .ATG . The Composite Index was launched on 31 December 1980 (43 years ago) and has 60 constituents. The following table shows the annual development of the Athens Composite Index since 1987. Board of Directors oversees the activity of ATHEX. The Board consists of 13 members who are elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders for a 4-year term. The current Board

42-503: Is responsible for the supervision and control of all CSE operations, the transactions carried out, its listed companies, brokers and brokerage firms. This Cyprus -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Athens Stock Exchange 37°59′25″N 23°43′43″E  /  37.99028°N 23.72861°E  / 37.99028; 23.72861 The Athens Stock Exchange ( ASE or ATHEX ; Greek : Χρηματιστήριο Αθηνών (Χ.Α.) , Chrimatistírio Athinón )

56-447: Is the stock exchange of Greece , based in the capital city of Athens . It was founded in 1876. There are currently five markets operating in ATHEX: regulated securities market, regulated derivatives market, Alternative market, carbon market (for EUAs) and OTC market. In the regulated securities market investors can trade in stocks , bonds , ETFs and other related securities . On

70-481: The European Commission . The Athens Stock Exchange started trading in 1876. Its day-to-day running has been assigned to Hellenic Exchanges – Athens Stock Exchange S.A. , whose shares are listed on the exchange ( Athex :  EXAE ). Athens Stock Exchange changed into public entity in 1918. In 1995 ASE was transformed into public limited company with the only shareholder – Greek state. Greek state sold 39.67% of

84-647: The Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges . The exchange allows private or public companies to list their bonds on the Emerging Companies Market (ECM) and for public companies to list their shares on the ECM. In both cases (listing of shares or bonds) the exchange will also provide the ISIN code and have the prices beamed through Bloomberg and Reuters terminals as both are official financial data vendors . CySEC

98-515: The stock exchange 172 stocks are currently traded representing 166 companies. ATHEX has over 30 indices . The six main indices are: Composite Index ( GD ), FTSE/Athex Large Cap ( FTSE , also known as FTSE 25 ), FTSE/Athex Mid Cap Index ( FTSEM ), FTSE/Athex Market Index ( FTSEA ), FTSE/ATHEX Global Traders Index Plus ( FTSEGTI ) and FTSE/ATHEX Factor-Weighted Index ( FTSEMSFW ). The Athens Composite index started trading in 1980, its High 6355.04 set on 17 September 1999. The Athens stock exchange

112-692: The Athens Exchange 166 companies are represented with 172 stocks. The Securities Market has 163 stocks (from 157 companies) and the Alternative Market has 9 stocks (9 companies). The stocks of the Securities Market are divided into three categories: For a list of the companies see: List of companies listed on the Athens Exchange . The Athens Exchange uses the symbol GD for the Composite Index. The Bloomberg code for this index

126-569: The Exchange and Sofocleous St became synonymous with each other. It is now located in its new headquarters at 110 Athinon Street, also called Kavalas Street. The exchange's trading hours are from 10:00am to 05:20pm Monday to Friday, and is closed on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance. Companies listed on the exchange are regulated by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission . As of 2 February 2021 on

140-766: The Federation is to contribute to the cooperation, development, support and promotion of capital markets in Eurasia , although membership in the Federation is open to markets internationally. It was established on 16 May 1995 with 12 founding members in Istanbul , Turkey. Currently, the FEAS has 30 members which include stock exchanges, post trade institutions, dealers associations, and regional federations from 29 countries. The Federation's headquarters are located in Yerevan , Armenia. Full members of

154-442: The ongoing debt crisis since 27 June 2015, the stock market crashed when the exchange was reopened on 3 August. The overall index lost over 16% of its value with bank stocks losing the maximum allowed 30% on the day's trading. The Athens Stock Exchange is a member of the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges . Until 2007, the exchange was located on Sofocleous Street , in the central business district of Athens. For this reason

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168-687: The shares in 1997, and 12% in 1998 through private placement. State shares were decreased to 47.7% in 1999. The derivatives market started trading in August 1999 after Athens Derivatives Exchange (ADEX) and the Athens Derivatives Exchange Clearing House started operations. In 2002 the Athens Stock Exchange and the Athens Derivatives Exchange merged to form the Athens Stock Exchange. After being closed due to

182-595: Was closed on 27 June 2015 because of the Greek government-debt crisis . It reopened on 3 August 2015 and lost more than 16% in the day's trading with certain bank stocks plummeting 30%, the daily change limit. On 23 August 2023, the company formed EuroCTP as a joint venture with 13 other bourses, in an effort to provide a consolidated tape for the European Union , as part of the Capital Markets Union proposed by

196-639: Was elected at the 20th general Meeting of Shareholders conducted on 31 May 2021. The chairman of the Board is George Handjinicolaou. Yianos Kontopoulos is the CEO . Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges The Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges ( FEAS ) is a non-profit international organization comprising the main stock exchanges in Eastern Europe , the Middle East , and Central Asia . The purpose of

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