Uganda Stock Exchange

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The Uganda Securities Exchange ( English Uganda Securities Exchange , USE ), the Stock Exchange of Uganda based in Kampala . The exchange currently trades 17 securities, several of which are traded on other exchanges. This makes it one of the smallest stock exchanges in Africa. Floor trading takes place every working day, since last month the trading hours have been fixed at 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The stock exchange index USE All Share Index began on October 23, 2003. Since January 15, 2004, Treasury notes of the Ugandan government have also been traded.

In June 1997 the stock exchange received the approval of the responsible regulatory authority “Capital Markets Authority”. Trading began in January 1998. The first listed security was that of the East African Development Bank .

In Germany, securities of the Ugandan stock exchange can currently only be acquired through the Essen-based company CraneRest.

Securities traded

(Selection)

• East African Development Bank (since January 1998)
• Uganda Clays Ltd. (since January 18, 2000)
• British American Tobacco Uganda (since June 28, 2000)
• East African Breweries (since March 27, 2001, also listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange )
• Kenya Airways (since March 28, 2002, also listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange )
• Bank of Baroda (since November 14, 2002)
• New Vision Printing & Publishing Company (since September 16, 2004)
• DFCU (since 2004)
• Jubilee Holdings (since February 14, 2006)

See also

• List of stock exchanges in Africa

Web links

• Official website (English)

Coordinates: 0 ° 18 ′ 49.2 "  N , 32 ° 34 ′ 56.2"  E