Feiler said that the total
market capitalization of the GCC bourses amounted to US$562 billion as of April 30.
It said that the
market capitalization of the nine exchanges touched a low of $17 trillion in March before the war in Iraq but grew by $6.5 trillion in the last nine months.
pension funds have in excess of $50 billion invested out of a total
market capitalization of approximately $1.2 trillion.
In spite of share price weakness, the mean
market capitalization for REITs in the NAREIT Index (National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts) has increased by 11.2 percent since the and of 1997, said Carlson, who also observed that real estate development has increased noticeably since last year at this time, which may be causing REIT investors to worry about overbuilding.
"The NASI, NSE 25 and NSE 20 share price indices as well as
market capitalization declined by 6.11, 7.61, 4.28 and 6.13 percent, respectively,'' CBK said.
The leading sector by
market capitalization (banking sector) accumulated 1.92pc in its total
market capitalization.
This sector comprises 20 firms, with total cataloged capital of Rs72,618.94 million and the
market capitalization of Rs610,576.9 million.
Near 1800 GMT, Microsoft hit an overall
market capitalization of $812.9 billion, just ahead of Apple's $812.6 billion, according to Bloomberg News.
According to the 'Credit Suisse Family 1000 in 2018,' the majority of the world's family-owned businesses come from Asia Pacific, excluding Japan (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Korea, India, and Australia), with a total
market capitalization of $4 trillion.
In the meantime, the
market capitalization of private listed companies on ADX reaches Dh 7 billion, compared to Dh2.8 billion from the beginning of the year, an increase of 145 per cent.
market capitalization - an estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a share