Bolsa de Madrid all fixed-income assets are traded through SIBE. The Madrid Stock Exchange General Index (IGBM) is the exchange's principal index and represents the construction, financial services, communications, consumer, capital/intermediate goods, energy, and market services sectors. The IBEX 35 Index is a capitalization-weighted index comprising the 35 most liquid Spanish stocks traded in the continuous market, and is Bolsa de Madrid's benchmark. Bolsa de Madrid also offers the FTSE-Latibex Index, a European market for Latin American stocks. The Ibex New Market Index, for emerging companies, was offered from 2000 to 2007. Settlement is T + 3. Trading on SIBE is conducted from
Bolsa de Valores de la República Dominicana was originally known as the "Bolsa de Valores de Santo Domingo Inc". In 1997, as a result of the fact that its activities extended into other cities of the country, it changed its name to "Bolsa de Valores de la República Dominicana". This means that the market is still relatively new, and the concept of both an equity and capital market is just coming into consciousness. Despite the limitations resulting from inadequate legislation, transactions at the BVRD grew steadily during the 1990s. There are twenty brokerage houses registered at the BVRD. Thirteen belong to financial groups and only seven are