Lao Securities Exchange

The Lao Securities Exchange (LSX) is the primary stock exchange in Laos, located in the capital Vientiane. Companies on the LSX have raised more than LAK 6.7 trillion (approximately US$750 million)^[2]

Lao Securities Exchange

Type	Stock exchange
Location	Vientiane, Laos
Founded	11 January 2011
Key people	Dethphouvang Moularat Chairman
Currency	Lao Kip
No. of listings	11
Volume	1.11 trillion kip 12/04/2018[1] $128.62 Million
Website	www.lsx.com.la

History

In 2010, the Lao government sought technical and financial support from South Korea (Korea Exchange has a 49-percent stake in the LSX), as well as advice from neighbouring Thailand, to help build the exchange.^[3]

The glass-building cost $10 million to build.^[4] It began operations on 11 January 2011.^[5]

Companies

There are currently 11 listed companies on the stock exchange:^[6]

No.	Issue name	Companies	Number of listed stock
1	BCEL	BANQUE POUR LE COMMERCE EXTERIEUR LAO PUBLIC	207,723,300
2	EDL-Gen	EDL Generation Public Company Archived 2020-02-29 at the Wayback Machine	1,679,303,697
3	LWPC	LAO WORLD PUBLIC COMPANY	39,560,909
4	PTL	Petroleum Trading Lao Public Company	235,000,000
5	SVN	Souvanny Home Center Public Company	165,000,000
6	PCD	Phousy Construction and Development Public Company Archived 2020-03-23 at the Wayback Machine	582,000,000
7	LCC	Lao Cement Public Company	40,004,000
8	MHTL	Mahathuen Leasing Public Company	40,000,000
9	LAT	Lao Agrotech Public Company	100,000,000
10	VCL	Vientiane Center Lao Public Company Archived 2020-03-23 at the Wayback Machine	147,199,900
11	LALCO	Lao ASEAN Leasing Public Company Archived 2020-03-23 at the Wayback Machine	301,500,000

Trading times

Trading takes place from Monday t Friday with the following trading times:

• Pre-open: 08:30 to 09:00
• Open: 09:00 to 14:50
• Closing auction: 14:50 to 15:00
• Close: 15:00

These times exclude public holidays.

See also

• List of ASEAN stock exchanges by market capitalization