Who are the top 10 exchanges in the world?
Find out who the top 10 exchanges in the world are for 2020?
Stock exchanges allow brokers, traders, buyers, and sellers to buy and sell shares of thousands of companies listed on these exchanges. The very first exchange was founded in Amsterdam in 1602 to trade shares of the Dutch East India Company.
Currently, there are 16 stock exchanges with a market capitalization of over $1 trillion, nicknamed “1-trillion club”. More than 80% of the global market capitalization is accounted for by these stock exchanges. In this article, we will tell you the top 10 largest stock exchanges ranked by market capitalization in May 2020 according to
The World Federation of Exchanges statistic.
10. BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange)
Founded: July 9, 1877
Location: India
Market capitalization: $ 1,7 trillion
This was the first Stock Exchange from the Asia continent. A well-known S&P BSE SENSEX index is India’s most widely tracked benchmark index. The exchange offers exposure to equities in regions such as Brazil, Russia, China, and South Africa. There are about 5,000 listed companies in the exchange and only 2,000 are actively traded.
9. Toronto Stock Exchange (TMX Group)
Founded: October 25, 1861
Location: Canada
Market capitalization: $ 2,1 trillion
The Toronto Stock Exchange has 2,207 listed companies and an average monthly trade volume of $97 billion. It lists the ‘Big Five’ commercial banks of Canada and allows trading with conventional securities, exchange-traded funds, split share corporations, income trusts, and investment funds.
8. London Stock Exchange (LSE Group)
Founded: January 23, 1571
Location: London, England
Market capitalization: $ 3,2 trillion
The London Stock Exchange is considered as one of the three cosmopolitan centers of the world. The other two are the New York stock exchange and the Tokyo stock exchange. The London Stock Exchange Group has approximately 3,000 listed companies and offers trading in international equity, ETFs, fixed income, and derivatives. As well, it offers investors unveiled access to Europe’s major capital markets.
7. Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Founded: December 1, 1990
Location: China
Market capitalization: $ 3,5 trillion
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange lists more than 2,000 companies. Most of the companies are based in China and the exchange trades its shares in China’s currency Yuan. The exchange is also well-known for its heightened volatility.
6. Euronext N.V.
Founded: September 22, 2000
Location: France, Netherlands
Market capitalization: $ 4,1 trillion
European stock exchange has a registered office in Amsterdam and corporate headquarters at La Défense in Greater Paris which operates markets in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Lisbon, Dublin, Oslo, and Paris. Euronext is home to the AEX-INDEX, the CAC 40, and the PSI-20. The European exchange lists about 1,300 companies with more than 200 trading partners and clearing members.
5. Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK)
Founded: February 3, 1891
Location: Hong Kong
Market capitalization: $ 4,4 trillion
This exchange has 2,315 listed companies, 6,652 derivative warrants, and 1,206 total debt securities listed within its various groups. The Hang Seng Index belongs to this exchange as well. There are some famous companies registered at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Like, AIA, PetroChina and HSBC Holdings, etc.
4. Shanghai Stock Exchange
Founded: November 26, 1990
Location: China
Market capitalization: $ 4,9 trillion
This is the stock exchange with over of 1,400 listed companies, 12,888 listed securities, and 1,507 listed stocks. Stocks listed at the Shanghai Stock Exchange have ‘A’ shares that trade in local currency and ‘B’ shares trade in the US dollar for foreign investors.
3. Tokyo Stock Exchange
Founded: May 15, 1878
Location: Japan
Market capitalization: $ 5,7 trillion
This exchange is also considered as a cosmopolitan center of the world. It has more than 2,400 registered companies among which are the world’s most famous and largest companies such as Toyota, Honda, Sony etc. The TOPIX, Nikkei 225, and Nikkei 225 Futures belongs to Tokyo Stock Exchange. The exchange has 1,093 employees, 11,500,000,000 (yen) currently flow through its markets and it has issued 536,351,448 total shares.
2. NASDAQ Stock Exchange
Founded: February 4, 1971
Location: USA
Market capitalization: $ 13,8 trillion
The NASDAQ is the second-largest exchange in the world and lists shares of the world’s biggest technology companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, Tesla, Cisco, and others. The total number of listings is approximately 3,500. The exchange allows trading of equities, futures and options for some of the most revolutionary companies in the world.
1. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Founded: May 17, 1792
Location: USA
Market capitalization: $ 21 trillion
This is the largest stock exchange in the world and it has kept this position since the end of World war I. The NYSE alone accounts for roughly 40% of the world’s stock market capitalization. Currently, the exchange has about 2,400 listed companies. It lists American titans of industry such as Coca Cola, Walmart, and J.P. Morgan Chase. Billions of dollars flow through the exchange every year. The NYSE is the only major exchange that still offers floor trading to major brokers and dealers.
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