2.4.3 Trading System
The KSE still uses manual trading systems as well as manual clearing and
settlement systems. Buy and sell orders are relayed to floor-based appointees of
registered brokers. Orders are handled through brokers during trading hours and share
prices are quoted in Sudanese dinars (Onour, 2004). Trading on the formal market is
daily between 10.00 and 11.00am from Sunday to Thursday, in accordance with the
Islamic calendar. In addition to the formal exchange-based markets, there is a smaller
over-the-counter (OTC) market operating outside exchange trading hours between
brokerage companies licensed by the Bank of Sudan, where orders are relayed via the
local telephone network. Activity in the fledgling OTC market is often less than 10
percent of that on the formal stock exchange (Hearn, 2008).
The main factor that is negatively impacting on the development of the market
is the absence of automated, clearing and settlement systems. Manual systems pose
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bottlenecks in term of slowing down trading and information production of the stock
market. KSE is planning to start electronic trading, after completing the stage of the
electronic filing, which was carried out by the Sudanese Telecommunications
Company Limited.
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