Stock exchanges

Scandinavia
The Nordic Exchange (omxgroup.com/nordicexchange)

Denmark
Dansk AMP (www.danskamp.dk)
The Danish Authorised Marketplace is an Internet stock exchange primarily for growth companies (in Danish only).

Dansk OTC (www.danskotc.dk)
The Danish marketplace for unlisted equities (in Danish only).

Europe
Frankfurt (www.deutsche-boerse.com)
Helsinki (www.nasdaqomxnordic.com)
London (www.londonstockexchange.com)
Madrid (www.bolsamadrid.es/ing/portada.htm)
Oslo (www.oslobors.no/ob_eng/)
Stockholm (www.se.omxgroup.com)
Euronext (www.euronext.com)

USA
New York Stock Exchange (www.nyse.com)
Most of the large, blue-chip companies are listed on the NYSE, with its famous trading floor on Wall Street.

Nasdaq stock market (www.nasdaq.com)
This is the main market for technology and growth companies, known for its many IPOs. Nasdaq is an electronic exchange; all trades take place electronically through market makers.

American Stock Exchange (www.amex.com)
The Amex differs from the other exchanges in that it offers a variety of products such as options and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Boston Stock Exchange (www.bostonstock.com)
The BSE is an integral part of the Boston financial community, which is the world’s third-largest centre for asset management, exceeded only by New York and London.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (www.cme.com)
The CME is an international marketplace that specialises in trading in futures and options on four types of product: interest rates, share indices, currencies and commodities.

These are some other regional stock exchanges in the USA:
Philadelphia (www.phlx.com)

Asia and South Africa
Hong Kong (www.hkex.com.hk)
Indonesia (www.idx.co.id)
Singapore (www.sgx.com)
Tokyo (http://www.tse.or.jp/english)
Johannesburg (www.jse.co.za)


Last updated on 17 September 2009