Mothers (Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Mothers (
startup companies
are listed and traded. Its name is said to come from an acronym of "Market of the high-growth and emerging stocks".
TSE also has
Osaka Stock Exchange to form Japan Exchange Group
in 2013.
History
Mothers was established in November 1999 in Tokyo Stock Exchange, as an ante to
Osaka Stock Exchange
. In December 1999, it had its start by trading shares of two emerging companies, one of which is already delisted.
As of March 2013, the shares of 185 companies were listed in Mothers, of which 138 companies (74%) were from Tokyo; and 37.7% of all companies were in the IT industry, and 21.1% from the Service industry.[1] As of March 31, 2018, 245 companies' shares were listed in Mothers, against 701 companies in JASDAQ.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Distribution in Areas and Industries (2013) Archived 2011-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- ^ Number of Listed Companies/Shares (as of March 31, 2018)