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http://www.1mtx.com/markets-trades/en/index.php?language=en&menu=TRADES&punkt=Trade_Exchanges&punkt2=Exchanges&index=Europe#ExchangesEurope Exchanges: Stock exchanges, where company stocks and other securities are traded. Futures exchanges, where futures contracts and options are traded Exchanges : Europe Stock exchanges, where company stocks and other securities are traded. Futures exchanges, where futures contracts and options are traded. London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... A stock exchange, share market or bourse is a corporation or mutual organization which provides facilities for stock brokers and traders, to trade company stocks and other securities. ... » cont. below Latest Updates... Live View Trading Floor Frankfurt NASDAQ OMX: Nordic Market Latest Updates... »» ...A futures exchange is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts; that is, a contract to buy specific quantities of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price with delivery set at a specified time in the future. » History of stock exchanges » History of futures exchanges » ...Table/Statistics... Major Stock Exchanges - Europe Market Capitalization & Year-to-date Turnover [At the end of October 2007 - Trillions of US Dollars] Rank Name Market Value Total Share Turnover 1 Frankfurt Stock Exchange $2.12 $3.64 2 London Stock Exchange $4.21 $9.14 3 Madrid Stock Exchange $1.83 $2.49 4 Milan Stock Exchange $1.13 $1.98 5 Moscow Interbank Curr. Exch. $0.965 $0.488 6 Nordic Stock Exchange Group $1.38 $1.60 7 Swiss Exchange $1.33 $1.58 ? London Stock Exchange (LSE, London, England, United Kingdom) ? Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Deutsche Börse) ? Madrid Stock Exchange (BME Spanish Exchanges) ? Nordic Stock Exchange Group OMX ? SWX Swiss Exchange ? Milan Stock Exchange ? Euronext ? Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top London Stock Exchange (LSE, London, England, United Kingdom) The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a stock exchange located in London, England, United Kingdom. Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as British companies. The LSE is part of the London Stock Exchange Group plc. The LSE is broken down into the Main Market and Alternative Investments Market (AIM), as well as EDX London (which handles derivatives). The independent FTSE Group maintains a series of indices for measuring the LSE, including the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 250 Index, and FTSE 350 Index. The London Stock Exchange Group plc is the leading diversified exchange group in Europe. Following the merger with Borsa Italiana, the group is Europe's leading equities business, with 48% of the FTSEurofirst 100 by market capitalisation and with the most liquid order book by value and volume traded. » more (History; Pursuit of LSE by prospective merger partners) » London Stock Exchange (LSE website) » LSE Statistics (LSE website) » London Stock Exchange Group plc (Takeover of Borsa Italiana) London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Deutsche Börse) The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is one of the biggest and most efficient exchange places in the world. It is owned and operated by Deutsche Börse, which also owns the European futures exchange Eurex and clearing company Clearstream. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange has over 90 percent of turnover in the German market and a big share in the European market. Here the Frankfurt Stock Exchange floor trading loses, but in fast developing and expanding electronic trading (Xetra trading system) the FSE gains in European and international trade: partner-exchanges adopted the Xetra (trading system) (as the Vienna Stock Exchange in 1999, the Irish Stock Exchange in 2000 and the Budapest Stock Exchange in 2003); consolidation continues. Mainly through Xetra, the German stock market was opened to foreign investors and market participants. About 47% of the 300 market participants in Frankfurt come from abroad. The trading indices in Frankfurt are DAX, DAXplus, CDAX, DivDAX, LDAX, MDAX, SDAX, TecDAX, VDAX and EuroStoxx 50. » more (History) » Profile of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Deutsche-Boerse.com) » Welcome to boerse-frankfurt.com (Boerse-Frankfurt.com) Frankfurt Stock Exchange Frankfurt Stock Exchange London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top Madrid Stock Exchange (BME Spanish Exchanges) Bolsa de Madrid (Madrid Stock Exchange) is the largest and most international of Spain's four regional stock exchanges located in Barcelona, Valencia, and Bilbao that trade shares and convertible bonds and fixed income securities, both government and private-sector debt. Bolsa de Madrid is owned by Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles. The reorganization of Spain's financial market under the national umbrella of the Spanish Stock Market includes the bolsas, the derivatives markets, and fixed-income markets. Trading is linked through the electronic Spanish Stock Market Interconnection System (SIBE), which handles more than 90% of transactions; all fixed-income assets are traded through SIBE. At December 31, 2001, approximately 1477 domestic and foreign companies had their equity securities listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange. The total market capitalization of the equity securities listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange at May, 2007 was €1,276.26 billion. » The Spanish Stock Market (Structure; BolsaMadrid.es) » Official Website (BolsaMadrid.es) » IBEX 35 Shares - Latest Quotes/Datas (BolsaMadrid.es) Bolsa de Madrid Bolsa de Madrid London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top Nordic-Baltic Stock Exchange Group: NASDAQ OMX Group OMX AB (Aktiebolaget Optionsmäklarna/Helsinki Stock Exchange) is a Swedish-Finnish financial services company, formed in 2003 through a merger between OM AB and HEX plc. Since February 2008 it is a part of the NASDAQ OMX Group. It has two divisions, OMX Exchanges, which operates eight stock exchanges in the Nordic and Baltic countries, and OMX Technology, which develops and markets systems for financial transactions used by OMX Exchanges, as well as by other stock exchanges. The company is a world leader in financial instruments trading systems. » more (History - OMX Exchanges) » Website (OMXnordicexchange.com - NASDAQ OMX) » The Nordic Market (nasdaqomxnordic.com - NASDAQ OMX) » The Baltic Market (nasdaqomxbaltic.com - NASDAQ OMX) London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top SWX Swiss Exchange SWX Swiss Exchange is Switzerland's stock exchange, based in Zürich. The exchange also trades other securities such as Swiss government bonds and derivatives such as stock options. Held every January in Anaheim, California, USA the show brings together all facets of the music products industry to reveal new musical instruments/products and ideas to help music products retailers and manufacturers become more successful. More than 80,000 NAMM Members and guests attended the January 2006 show. The NAMM Show is not open to the general public. The main stock market index for the SWX Swiss Exchange is the SMI, the Swiss Market Index. The index consists of the 20 most significant equity-securities based on the free float market capitalisation. History: World's first fully automated trading, clearing and settlement system (est.1995). Purchased virt-x cross-border electronic exchange in 2002. » SWX Official Site (SWX.com) London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top Milan Stock Exchange (Borsa Italiana) Milan Stock Exchange (Borsa Italiana S.p.A.), based in Milan, is Italy's main stock exchange. The Borsa Italiana's primary objective is the development of managed markets, maximising their liquidity, transparency and competitiveness and at the same time pursuing high levels of efficiency and profitability. On 2007-10-01, the London Stock Exchange completed its takeover of the company. Borsa Italiana has managing responsibility for Italy's derivatives markets (IDEM and MIF) and its fixed income market (MOT). On the MOT (Electronic Government Bond and Securities Market), buy and sell contracts are traded on government securities and nonconvertible bonds; the EuroMOT is the Euro-Bond Electronic Market that trades Eurobonds, bonds from foreign issuers and asset-backed securities. » Official Site (BorsaItaliana.it) London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top Euronext Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange based in Paris and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. In addition to equities and derivatives markets, the Euronext group provides clearing and information services. As of January 31, 2006 markets run by Euronext had a market capitalization of US$2.9 trillion, making it the 5th largest exchange on the planet. Euronext merged with NYSE Group to form NYSE Euronext, the first global stock exchange. Euronext.liffe was formed in January 2002 from the takeover of the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange by Euronext. The derivatives activities of the other constituent exchanges of Euronext (Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris), were merged into Euronext.liffe. Trading is done electronically through the LIFFE CONNECT platform. » Euronext (Background; Structure and Indices) » NYSE Euronext Website (Euronext.com) » Liffe NYSE Euronext Website (Euronext.com) London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange or MICEX is one of the largest universal stock exchanges in the Russian Federation and the East Europe. MICEX opened in 1992 and is the leading Russian stock exchange, consisting of shares and corporate bonds about 600 Russian companies with a total capitalization of nearly 24 trillion Rubles. MICEX consists of about 550 participating organizations and members, which do trading for their clients. In 2006 the volume of transactions on the MICEX reached 20.38 trillion rubles (754.9 billion USD), representing more than 90% of the total turnover of the leading stock exchanges in the Russian stock market. » MICEX Website (MICEX.com) » RTS Russian Trading System (Products and services; RTS Indexes) London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top » ...more Links ! » ...more Links » Euronext press releases (Euronext.com) » NYSE Euronext has mixed first day (BBC.co.uk - 4 April 2007) "...Shares in the new transatlantic NYSE Euronext exchange ended mixed on their first day of trading. The world's largest stockmarket group closed at 73.8 euros in Paris, marking a 3% rise on its 72-euro opening price. ..." » World Federation of Exchanges - Statistics/Monthly (World-Exchanges.org) STOCKS GLOSSARY A - Z Terms - Definitions - Exchanges TRADES GLOSSARY A - Z Terms - Definitions London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... | Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments | 'Global stock market deal complete' "The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has won control of European operator Euronext, creating the first transatlantic stock market operator. NYSE said it now owned 91.4% of shares in Euronext, bringing the two firms' 10.9bn-euro ($14.3bn; L7.3bn) merger deal to a virtual conclusion. The combined firm will manage stock exchanges in New York, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Lisbon. ..." Read more » (27 March 2007 - BBC.co.uk) SERVICE REACHES $17.2 BILLION IN FIRST YEAR' "EDX London‘s Russian IOB Equity Derivatives service has attracted $17.2 billion worth of trading since its launch a year ago. The service was launched in December 2006 to offer trading in index derivatives based on the FTSE Russia IOB Index, which measures the performance of the ten biggest and most liquid Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) issued by Russian companies on the London Stock Exchange and traded on the International Order Book. ..." Read more » (12 December 2007 - LondonStockExchange.com) 'Eurex and ISE Complete Merger' "Combination expands Eurex’s global liquidity network into the U.S. and U.S. Dollar products / Complementary customer base and product offerings provide cross-selling and innovative product development opportunities / Integration approach leverages strengths of both organizations while maintaining respective uniqueness to address specific market needs ..." Read more » (20 December 2007 - Deutsche-Boerse.com) London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top The bear and the bull in front of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange » Slideshow: Stock Exchanges (flickr.com) Take a break... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... Greece rings closing bell at NYSE ...just relax... London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange ADVERTISEMENT London Frankfurt Madrid NASDAQ OMX Swiss Milan Euronext Moscow » ...Table/Statistics... » ...more Links ! ...| Reports | Analysis | Opinions | Comments |... ...Take a Break...Just Relax... ^ top Sources: Wikipedia; LondonStockExchange.com; Deutsche-Boerse.com; BBC.co.uk; 1MTX 2008