Stock trading is being done all around the world, all the time, in various markets. Here’s a list of the top 10 largest stock exchanges in the world, as of June 2009, according to the World Federation of Exchanges.
1. New York Stock Exchange: $9.57 trillion in market value
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is located on famous Wall Street in lower Manhattan, New York City, and has been around since 1792. Although it is a listed exchange with physical trading floors and rooms, all stocks on the NYSE can now be traded electronically, electronic transactions representing most of the trades performed. In October 2008, it was merged with the American Stock Exchange (AMEX), and is now the largest stock exchange in existence. It is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 to 16:00 Eastern Time, except on holidays.
2. Tokyo Stock Exchange: $3.10 trillion in market value
The TSE, or Tokyo Stock Exchange, was created in 1878. More than 2000 companies are listed on the TSE and its main indices are the TSE and the famous Nikkei 225. Most security transactions in Japan are done through the TSE, which operates entirely on electronic stock trading. It is open from 9:00 to 11:00 and from 12:30 to 15:30 (GMT + 9 hours).
3. NASDAQ Stock Exchange: $2.77 trillion in market value
The NASDAQ, or National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, is the largest virtual stock trading market in America. Unlike the NYSE, the young Nasdaq (founded in 1971) doesn’t have a history of trading floors and rooms to physically trade stocks. Stock trading is done entirely through an electronic network of dealers; it is an electronic screen-based stock market. It is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 to 16:00 Eastern Time (minus holidays) and offers pre-market and post-market trading sessions extending these hours from 7AM to 8PM, Eastern Time.
4. Euronext: $2.26 trillion in market value
Based in Paris and with branches across Europe, Euronext was born in 2000 from the merger of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, Brussels Stock Exchange and Bourse de Paris. It subsequently went on to perform other mergers and share acquisitions, to today become the fourth largest stock exchange in the world. It merged in 2006 with the NYSE to create the NYSE Euronext corporation, which now oversees both exchanges. Its opening hours in Europe are from 9:00 to 17:30, local time to the branch in question.
5. London Stock Exchange: $2.20 trillion in market value
Founded in 1801, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) is located in London and lists over 3000 British and overseas companies. It has a number of indices, the most common being the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250. Opening hours are 08:00 to 16:30 on weekdays.
6. Shanghai Stock Exchange: $2.07 trillion in market value
7. Hong Kong Stock Exchange: $1.77 trillion in market value
8. Toronto Stock Exchange: $1.35 trillion in market value
9. Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Deutsche Börse): $1.13 trillion in market value
10. Madrid Stock Exchange: $1.08 trillion in market value
Other notable big stock trading markets are the Bombay Stock Exchange ($1.03 trillion), the National Stock Exchange of India ($968 million), the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange ($920 million), the Swiss Exchange ($854 million) and the Australian Securities Exchange ($839 million).
Well, according to a more recent source, http://www.wealthson.com/958/largest-stock-exchanges-of-the-world, NASDAQ QMX, and the London Stock Exchange come ahead of the Tokyo stock exchange
it is very surprising that BSE is not in top 10. Hopefullly it will come as the share market of India goes strong. Thanks anhish to let me know that Karachi stock exchange is among the biggest stock exchange in Asia.
@Rocco and Markus
Dow Jones is not a stock exchange, but one of the many indices of NYSE.
I thought the Dow Jones would be in the top 10 too.
The Dow is a not a stock exchange, it is an index of 30 companies that are generally listed on the NYSE although some are listed on the NASDAQ (Apple, Google, Intel)
How big is the Johanesburg Stock exchange ?
The karachi stock exchange I thought would definitely be here; being one the strongest in Asia. Also, market value is an isolated measure – Didn’t think Tokyo would be the second biggest.
Yes Karachi and Mumbai stock exchange are the biggest in South Asia but on a world scale they cannot compare to global exchanges such as in the US and Japan. Although Karachi stock exchange was awarded exchange of the year in 2005 and more recently in Mumbai, the trade volumes and the world class rep of western exchanges still exceed S.Asia
BASED ON BELOW ARTICLE PLACE NO 7 GOES TO INDIAN BSE……isn’t it ?
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) (Hindi : मुंबई शेअर बाजार Bombay Śhare Bāzaār) (formerly, The Stock Exchange, Bombay) is the oldest stock exchange in Asia and has the largest number of listed companies in the world, with 4990 listed as of August 2010.[2][3] It is located at Dalal Street, Mumbai, India. On Aug, 2010, the equity market capitalization of the companies listed on the BSE was US$1.78 trillion, making it the 4th largest stock exchange in Asia and the 11th largest in the world.[4]
SOURCE::::http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Stock_Exchange
Interesting. Isn’t Dow Jones found in the top 10? After all, it’s the index of the 30 biggest bellwhethers in US.
for all the people who is asking about dow jones,
-if you mean the dow jones & company. It is a company that calculating the average price of selected stocks values. They don’t do any exchange. they do the benchmark/information/rating.
-if you mean the DJIA, it is and index of 30 industrial company(it represent the average value of selected, predetermined stocks values), so it is not a stock exchange. It is not a building nor a system of market.
thus it doesn’t included in this list.
CMIIW for the info or the grammar :)
I was not aware the TSE is larger than the NASDAQ. I’d expect the OTCQX to start making a large push here within the next few years to maybe crack into the top ten. I’m a big fan of the OTCBB, OTCQX, and PINKs at this point in the bull run. Without safe dividend utilities i see a lot of overbought companies where as the small caps still have more I see that can run. http://www.microcapreports.com/ has some interesting free research reports on the small cap sector.
How about the Swiss Stock Exchange? Pretty sure it’s in the top 10, isn’t it?
Hi Dave,
actually no, the Swiss Exchange is close, but not there. The numbers showed about $854 million in market value.