The Bahrain Stock Exchange (BSE) was established in 1987 by Amiri Decree No.(4) and officially commenced operations on June 17, 1989, with 29 listed companies. Currently, there are 50 companies listed on the exchange. The BSE operates as an autonomous institution supervised by an independent Board of Directors, chaired by the Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain.
The BSE has pre-market sessions from 9:15am to 9:30am and normal trading sessions from 9:30am to 12:30pm, from Sunday to Thursday, except for holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.
There are three indices that track the BSE: the Bahrain All Share Index, the Dow Jones Bahrain Index and the Estirad Index.
Read more about Bahrain Stock Exchange: Foreign Ownership of Securities, Taxation, Practice Governing Trading and Settlement of Securities, Settlement of Sales and Purchases of Securities
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