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This is a list of major stock exchanges.Those futures exchanges that also offer trading in securities besides trading in futures contracts may be listed both here and in the list of futures exchanges.
In 1882, the stock exchange received its first telephone connection, which accelerated the processing of orders. [20] The German stock exchanges did not operate during World War I and Börse Stuttgart remained closed until 1919. As a result of the global economic crisis and massive price losses, Börse Stuttgart closed again for several months ...
The September 11 attacks caused global stock markets to drop sharply. The attacks themselves caused approximately $40 billion in insurance losses, making it one of the largest insured events ever. Stock market downturn of 2002: 9 Oct 2002: Downturn in stock prices during 2002 in stock exchanges across the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe.
The National Stock Exchange ceased trading operations on May 30, 2014, bringing the number of active stock exchanges in the United States to 11. Wrote Bloomberg , that left "just one public exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange Inc. , that isn't owned Bats , Nasdaq OMX Group or IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc. " [ 2 ]
Stock prices dropped by 20 percent from September 24 to October 1, while trade was minimal. Between January 1870 and September 1870, only 4 million shares of stock were exchanged. Dozens of brokerage firms went bankrupt, those who bought paper gold from Fisk's gold room going unpaid.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, 1928–1930. The "Roaring Twenties", the decade following World War I that led to the crash, [4] was a time of wealth and excess.Building on post-war optimism, rural Americans migrated to the cities in vast numbers throughout the decade with hopes of finding a more prosperous life in the ever-growing expansion of America's industrial sector.
Building in the center of Frankfurt The bear and the bull in front of the Exchange. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (German: Börse Frankfurt, former German name: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, FWB) is the world's 3rd oldest and 12th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. [2] It has operations from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm (German time). [3]
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") [4] is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.It is the largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization, [5] [6] [7] exceeding $25 trillion in July 2024. [8]