Exchanges
This section contains companies engaged in organizing trading on financial markets, providing intermediary services for transactions between buyers and sellers, as well as companies offering platforms for trading various assets, commodities, and financial instruments.
Securities, currencies, and commodities can be purchased both from the manufacturer (the issuer of the security or currency) and on centralized exchange platforms. Exchanges organize a meeting between the buyer and the seller, provide complex services and operations to support transactions and settlements, deliveries, determine market prices, support transactions and other necessary services to execute transactions in accordance with the laws of countries regulating exchange trading in financial products and instruments.
For traders and investors, the most liquid exchanges are the US, Asian and European exchanges.
North American Stock Exchanges
US Stock Exchanges
- NYSE — Official website of the New York Stock Exchange
- NASDAQ — Official website of the high-tech companies exchange NASDAQ
- NYSE American — Former American Stock Exchange (AMEX). One of the three largest options exchanges.
- NYSE Texas — Texas Stock Exchange (former Chicago Stock Exchange)
US Commodity Exchanges
- CME Group — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the largest exchange group in the world
- CBOE — Chicago Board Options Exchange
US Futures Exchanges
- Intercontinental Commodity Exchange (ICE) — New York Board of Trade (ICE=NYBOT+EUREX)
- Philadelphia Stock Exchange — One of the three largest options exchanges. Owned by Nasdaq
Canada
- TMX — Toronto Stock Exchange
Mexico
- Mexican Stock Exchange — Mexican Stock Exchange
European Stock Exchanges
NYSE-Euronext Group
London Stock Exchange Group
- London Stock Exchange — London Stock Exchange
- London Metal Exchange — London Metal and Commodity Exchange
German Stock Exchange Group
- Deutsche Börse — German Stock Exchange
- Börse Berlin — Berlin Stock Exchange
- Xetra — Xetra Exchange
Spanish Stock Exchange Group
- Bolsa de Valencia — Valencia Stock Exchange
- Bolsa de Barcelona — Barcelona Stock Exchange
- Bolsa de Madrid — Madrid Stock Exchange
Italy
- Borsa Italiana — Italian Stock Exchange
Luxembourg
- Borsa de Luxembourg — Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Switzerland
- SIX Swiss Exchange — Swiss Stock Exchange
Cyprus
- Cyprus Stock Exchange — Cyprus Stock Exchange
Stock Exchanges of Asia and Oceania
Chinese Stock Exchanges
- Hong Kong Stock Exchange — The largest Asia-Pacific exchange in the Hong Kong SAR, China
- Shanghai Stock Exchange — Shanghai Exchange
- Shenzhen Stock Exchange — Shenzhen Exchange
- China Financial Futures Exchange — Chinese futures exchange
- Securities & Futures Commission — Government regulator of the Chinese securities market
Korean Stock Exchange
- Korea Exchange — Korean Exchange
Japanese Stock Exchange
- Tokyo Stock Exchange — Tokyo Exchange
Australian Stock Exchanges
- Australian Stock Exchange — Australian Stock Exchange
- New Zealand Exchange — New Zealand Exchange
Indian Stock Exchanges
- National Stock Exchange of India — Indian Stock Exchange
Malaysian Stock Exchanges
- Singapore Exchange — Singapore Exchange
Vietnam
- Hochiminh Stock Exchange — Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange
Thailand
- Thailand Stock Exchange — Thailand Stock Exchange
Stock Exchanges of Russia and the Eurasian Union
Stock Exchanges
- Moscow Exchange — main stock exchange of the Russian Federation
- St. Petersburg Exchange — foreign stocks are traded
Stock Exchanges of the Eurasian Union
Belarus Exchanges
- Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange — Currency, stock, and derivatives market of the Republic of Belarus
Kazakhstan Exchanges
- Kazakhstan Stock Exchange — Main exchange of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- JSC Commodity Exchange "Caspiy"
- ETS Commodity Exchange
Information about European, American and Asian brokers for trading on Stock exchanges in our article: "The best brokers for trading on stock exchanges"