pacific stock exchange spse is a stock exchange based in suva fiji . on 1 july 2010 the spse launched an electronic trading platform etp . the exchange now has market phases which allow the brokers to perform tasks throughout a business day . with the electronic system of trading the price time priority is maintained but there are two sessions of normal trading hours . the first one is from 10.30 am to 11.30 am and the second normal session of trading happens from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm . this is when the orders may be entered amended or withdrawn and are matched on entry . there are pre open sessions where brokers can enter amend or withdraw orders for their clients . the platform goes into enquiry mode after 3.30 pm and is only accessible for viewing purposes . unmatched orders at the end of the day that remain unexecuted are reloaded in the trading platform for the next day . transactions are immediate and transparent and results of each session are reported widely to the media regulators members market participants institutional investors and other interested parties . all the trading reports are automatically generated and updates in real time . the spse maintains the spse total return index stri which is an aggregate market capitalization index which reflects the aggregate market value of all its components relative to their aggregate value on the base day . the index is constructed on a base of 1000 set at 4 january 2000 . components of this index include shares all of spse listed securities . stri is an accumulation index which reflects the total return from the stock market including the price and dividend returns . trading was paper based before the launch of etp conducted by a call market on a physical trading floor at 10 30am each weekday . each listed company name was called out by the market caller and orders were submitted by brokers and dealers and recorded by the chalker and the recorders . the market caller then matched orders on a price and time priority basis . a chief arbitor supervised the trading . unmatched orders at the end of the session were carried forward to the next day . history edit the exchange was established in 1979 as the suva stock exchange owned by the fiji development bank . in 1993 the ownership was broadened to allow eight other financial institutions to take part . the market began as a trading post where orders were telephoned in and remained until matched . in 1996 it changed to its present form as a call market described above . in 2000 it changed its name to the south pacific stock exchange with a view to becoming a regional exchange . external links edit south pacific stock exchange website the quicker ticker pacific a samoan tokelauan language investment site for the south pacific retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title south pacific stock exchange & oldid 677297549 categories economy of fijistock exchanges in oceania1979 establishments in fijiorganizations established in 1979suva navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olfran aispolski edit links this page was last modified on 22 august 2015 at 09 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view