Stock Exchange

A physically existing institutionalized set-up for trading of security stock market instruments.

Some security stock market instruments:

Shares, Bonds, Debentures, Securities

World's First Three Stock Exchanges:

(i) Antwerp Stock exchange, Belgium (1631), (ii) London Stock Exchange (1773), (iv)Philadelphia Stock Exchange (1790), US.

Top Five Stock Exchanges:

(i) New York Stock Exchange, (ii) NASDAQ, (iii)Tokyo Stock Exchange (iv) London Stock Exchange (v) Bombay Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange:

Location: New York City, U.S. Founded: 1792; 230 years ago Currency: USD Indices – Dow Jones Industrial Average – S&P 500 – NYSE Composite

NASDAQ:

Location: New York City, U.S. Founded: 1971; 51 years ago Currency: USD Indices – Nasdaq-100 – NASDAQ Financial-100 – Nasdaq Composite

Tokyo Stock Exchange:

Location: Tokyo, Japan. Founded: 1878; 144 years ago Currency: Japanese yen Indices – Nikkei 225 – TOPIX

London Stock Exchange:

Location: London, England, UK Founded: 1801; 220 years ago Currency: Pound sterling Indices – FTSE 100  – FTSE 250  – FTSE 350  – FTSE SmallCap  – FTSE All-Share

Bombay Stock Exchange:

Location: Mumbai, India Founded: 1875; 147 years ago Currency: Indian rupee Indices – BSE SENSEX S&P BSE SmallCap S&P BSE MidCap S&P BSE LargeCap BSE 500