The Botswana Stock Exchange Domestic Company Index or BSE DCI, and the Botswana Stock Exchange Foreign Company Index or BSE FCI are the principal
stock indices
In finance, a stock index, or stock market index, is an index that measures a stock market, or a subset of the stock market, that helps investors compare current stock price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.
Two of the ...
of the
Botswana Stock Exchange
The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) is a stock exchange located in Gaborone, Botswana. The Botswana share market was established in 1989 and became the Botswana Stock Exchange in 1994. It is governed by thBotswana Stock Exchange Act
The BSE has 36 ...
. Each is calculated from the
weighted averages
The weighted arithmetic mean is similar to an ordinary arithmetic mean (the most common type of average), except that instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others. The ...
of the values of their category of
stock
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. A third index value, the All Company Index, is derived from a weighted average of the two indices. On the Botswana Stock Exchange, a company that is designated as a "foreign company" is a company that is "dual-listed", meaning that it is also listed on another stock exchange.
Index listings
:''as of December 2016''
Domestic companies
Foreign companies
The list of foreign companies as of December 2016 is:
Venture capital companies
Although not currently part of any official market index, a third BSE category, "Venture Capital Companies", is as follows (all companies are foreign-based unless otherwise disclosed):
*A CAP Resources
*African Energy Resources
*Botswana Diamonds plc
*Lucara Diamond Corporation
*Magnum Gas and Power Limited
*Shumba Energy Limited
References
External links
Letshego 2010 Annual ReportDomestic Companies Listing
African stock market indices
Economy of Botswana
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