YSX share trading plunges in Sept

The grand trading value of the eight listed companies on the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) dropped to K920.7 million with 382,286 shares traded in September from a record high of K3.35 billion with over one million shares in August 2024, according to the monthly report released by the exchange.
The equity market registered trading values of K1 billion with 425,102 shares in January 2024, K693 million with 253,178 million in February, K1.34 billion with 560,687 shares in March, K473 million with 177,812 shares in April, and K1.55 billion with 603,906 shares in May respectively. The trading value hit a record high of K1.7 billion, with 593,392 shares traded in June. Then, the value fell sharply to K974 million, with 321,007 shares traded in July.
The trading value in September is K2.43 billion lower than that of August.
At present, shares of eight listed companies — First Myanmar Investment (FMI), Myanmar Thilawa SEZ Holdings (MTSH), Myanmar Citizens Bank (MCB), First Private Bank (FPB), TMH Telecom Public Co Ltd (TMH), the Ever Flow River Group Public Co Ltd (EFR), Amata Holding Public Co Ltd. (AMATA) and Myanmar Agro Exchange Public Co Ltd (MAEX) are traded in the security market.
FPB topped the trading with 255,623 shares worth K466 million, followed by 71,883 shares of MTSH worth over K247 million, 10,092 shares of FMI worth over K89 million, 16,205 shares of MAEX worth over K54 million, 20,235 shares of EFR worth K34.5 million, 5,850 shares of TMH worth over K16 million, 1,891 shares of AMATA worth K8.5 million and 507 shares of MCB worth K4.48 million respectively last month.

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar

Myanmar’s transport & communications sector tops FDI rankings in H1 this FY

MYANMAR’S transport and communications sector attracted foreign direct investments of US$87.7 million in the first half (April-September) of the current financial year 2024-2025, including the expansion of capital by the existing enterprises, according to the statistics released by the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA). The Myanmar Investment Commission gave the green light to 30 foreign projects from various countries including China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, and Thailand to make investments of $223 million in the past six months, adding increased capital by the existing enterprises.

The transport and communications sector pulled $87.7 million with a capital expansion of $82.66 million this FY. The manufacturing sector drew $81.225 million, and the services sector received $44 million. The power sector brought in FDI of $8.5 million, while investments of less than one million flowed into the agriculture sector, respectively.

Singapore has so far invested $87.74 million of FDI in the H1 of the current FY, followed by Thailand and
China. There are 2,485 permitted foreign projects from 53 countries under the Myanmar Investment Law and the Special Economic Zone Law as of September 2024. Of them, 1,958 from 48 countries are existing projects, with China, and Hong Kong SAR as the leading investors in the country so far.

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar