List of Major Stock Exchanges in the World

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Friends, we have already discussed about the Stock Exchanges and their functions. Stock Exchange acts as a market place where new shares are issued to public by corporates and existing shares are bought and sold by public. Primary and Secondary market activities are carried out through stock exchanges. The members of the exchange may trade on their own or as brokers on behalf of others. There are a number of stock exchanges in the world. Based market capitalization factor the top 10 stock exchanges are,

 List of top 10 stock exchanges of the world

1. New York Stock Exchange
2. NASDAQ Stock Exchange
3. Tokyo Stock Exchange
4. London Stock Exchange
5. Hong Kong Stock Exchange
6. Shanghai Stock Exchange
7. Toronto Stock Exchange
8. Deutsche Borse Stock Exchange
9. Australian Securities Exchange
10. Bombay Stock Exchange

now lets have a look at some major stock exchanges around the world along with their head quarters. These list are very useful for you for your upcoming banking exams. 

List of Major Stock Exchanges of the World

Name of the Stock Exchange	Economy	Head Quarters
NYSE ( New York Stock Exchange)	Unites States	New York
NASDAQ ( National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations)	Unites States	New York
TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE	Japan	Tokyo
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE	United Kingdom, Italy	London
EURONEXT	France, Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium	Amsterdam
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE	China	Hong Kong
SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE	China	Shanghai
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE	Canada	Toronto
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE /  Deutsche Borse Stock Exchange	Germany	Frankfurt
AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE	Australia	Sydney
BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE	India	Mumbai
NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE	India	Mumbai
SWX SWISS EXCHANGE	Switzerland	Zurich
BM&F BOVESPA	Brazil	São Paulo
KOREA EXCHANGE	South Korea	Seoul
SHENZHEN STOCK EXCHANGE	China	Shenzhen
BME SPANISH EXCHANGES	Spain	Madrid
JOHANNESBURG SECURITIES EXCHANGE LIMITED	South Africa	Johannesburg
MOSCOW EXCHANGE	Russia	Moscow
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE	Singapore	Singapore
TAIWAN STOCK EXCHANGE	Taiwan	Taipei
OMX Nordic Exchanges	Denmark, Finland, Sweden	Stockholm, Sweden
Italian Stock Exchange	Italy	Milan
Borsa Italiana	Italy	Milan

That's all for now friends. In our next post we shall discuss about the list of stock exchanges in India. Happy Reading :)

Thanks to Hareesh Kumar for the help

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