Fact Finding of Australian Share market

Conduct a research and present an analysis of Australian share market. The following questions should be addressed:

(1) What is the name of listed stock market in Australia, how is it operated, how many shares are traded in the market place at the present?

(2) Using information and data from ASX website, identify what is market capitalization of a listed company, how is it computed?

(3) What is the oldest share index in Australia, what does it measures, how many listed stocks are there in the index at the present and how the index is calculated?

(4) Go to ASX website and obtain 3-year historical movement graph of that index.

(5) Comment on the trend, do a research and identify the factors that may explain the trend (secondary data can be used for this question only).