YEREVAN, February 17. /ARKA/. The number of individual accounts serviced in the Central Depository of Armenia reached 158,442 in late December 2011, Konstantin Saroyan, director of NASDAQ OMX Armenia stock exchange, said at a news conference on Friday.
Of them, 1,004 accounts were opened in 2011, he said.
“Shareholders of 1,616 organizations, of which 132 jointed the depository in 2011, are listed here now,” Saroyan said.
NASDAQ OMX Armenia (former Armenian Stock Exchange, Armex), was established in 2001 as a voluntary merger of 21 broker (dealer) companies.
In January 2008, Nordic exchange operator OMX Group acquired 100% of shares of the Armenian Stock Exchange (Armex) and the Central Depository of Armenia (CDA).
Twelve stakes of 11 issuers and five corporate bonds of four issuers were listed here as of February 16, 2012. ($1 – AMD 389.13). -0-
