Costa Rica: Profit Falls 40% at National Stock Exchange

The reasons are less traded volume in 2009 ($42.6 billion) and less profit from financial income.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Traded volume in 2009 was $4 billion less than in 2008, when $46.37 billion were traded.

"José Rafael Brenes, CEO of the National Stock Exchange, explained that the drop in financial income accounts for 40% of the profit reduction", reports Nacion.com.

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