Posted on Sunday, 15th March 2009 by admin
After writing my first post about the stock market definition, I thought it would be interesting to list all major stock exchanges in the world. I got the list from wikipedia so you can check it out there to have a more updated list.
Twenty Major Stock Exchanges In The World: Market Capitalization & Year-to-date Turnover at the end of January 2009
|
Region |
Stock Exchange |
Market Value |
Total Share Turnover |
|
Americas |
9,363,074.0 |
1,517,615.7 |
|
|
Asia-Pacific |
2,922,616.3 |
301,781.5 |
|
|
Americas |
2,203,759.6 |
2,325,238.3 |
|
|
Europe |
1,862,930.9 |
146,173.3 |
|
|
Europe |
1,758,157.7 |
241,151.1 |
|
|
Asia-Pacific |
1,557,161.3 |
142,144.2 |
|
|
Asia-Pacific |
1,237,999.5 |
80,696.8 |
|
|
Americas |
997,997.4 |
84,323.0 |
|
|
Europe |
937,452.9 |
264,970.3 |
|
|
Europe |
871,061.4 |
114,994.0 |
|
|
Europe |
761,896.1 |
63,435.6 |
|
|
Asia-Pacific |
613,187.6 |
14,425.0 |
|
|
Americas |
611,695.0 |
30,748.5 |
|
|
Asia-Pacific |
587,602.7 |
37,400.1 |
|
|
Asia-Pacific |
572,566.8 |
39,057.1 |
|
|
Europe |
503,725.8 |
55,299.9 |
|
|
Asia-Pacific |
470,417.3 |
81,755.0 |
|
|
Europe |
Milan Stock Exchange (Borsa Italiana) |
456,206.7 |
48,094.8 |
|
Africa |
432,422.1 |
17,999.7 |
|
|
Asia-Pacific |
389,248.3 |
75,365.5 |
As you can see, 2 of the most important stock exchanges are American (NYSE and NASDAQ). You also have another North American Stock Exchange in the top 10 positions (TSE with a 8th position).
The size of the stock market will give you an idea of its importance while the share turnover figures will show you its liquidity. We will come back later on the concept of liquidity but let just say that the more liquid the stock market (or a single stock), the easiest it is to make a transaction (to a decent stock price!).
If you are looking to buy a specific company stock, you should see on which stock exchange it is listed. For example, you won’t be able to buy BMW shares on the TSE (Toronto Stock Exchange) as the company stock does not trade (i.e. is not offered) on this market.
In order to find the right stock exchange, a quick suggestion would be to look at the company website in the “investor relation” section. They usually give you the stock ticker (name of the stock listed on the market) and the market where is it traded. Another way would be to look directly on each stock exchange starting with the company’s original country (chances are that BMW stocks would be traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange than on the NYSE).
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