2.4.4 Market Size
KSE started its operations in 1995 with 34 companies which satisfied the
requirements of listing in KSE. This figure has now gone up to 52 listed public
companies out of no less than 285 public companies registered in Sudan. Most of the
remaining public companies are in a very unsatisfactory state, most of them not
holding annual meetings for years which also indicates that no proper financial returns
were prepared and audited (Ali, 2007).
Figure 2.7 shows that the number of the listed companies has increased from
34 in 1995 to 52 by the end of December 2007. In addition to the listed companies
there are mutual funds and Shihama certificates. Mutual funds and Shihama
certificates became new financial instruments which came into being starting from the
year 2001. The number of Mutual Funds listed in KSE were 16 and Shihama
certificates were 20 in 2007 (CBS, 2007).
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