List of Stock Exchanges in the world

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List of Stock Exchanges in the World (IIFT)

You will find GK questions based on stock exchanges mainly in MBA exams like IIFT. These questions can be asked in the form of Match the following. Hence, it is easier to score than most other questions, students should not miss out on an opportunity to answer questions related to this. So read on about the list of stock exchanges in the world.

List of Stock Exchanges in the world with their Indexes, Headquarters and key highlights:

Rank	Exchange	Indexes	Economy	Headquarters	Key Highlights
1	New York Stock Exchange	NYSE	United States	New York.	World’s largest exchange in terms of market capital and monthly trading. Also nicknamed as “The Big Board”
2	NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations)	NASDAQ-100	United States	New York	NASDAQ is the world’s first Electronic Stock Exchange
3	London Stock Exchange Group (LSE, FTSE-100)	FTSE-100	United Kingdom & Italy	London
4	Japan Exchange Group – Tokyo	Nikkiei 225	Japan	Tokyo.	Asia’s largest exchange
5	Shanghai Stock Exchange	SSE Composite	China	Shanghai
6	Hong Kong Stock Exchange	Hang Sang Indexes	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
7	Euronext	AEX Index BEL20 PSI20 CAC40	European Union	Amsterdam Brussels Lisbon London Paris
8	Shenzhen Stock Exchange	SZSE Composite Index	China	Shenzhen
9	Toronto Stock Exchange	S&p/TSX Composite	Canada	Toronto
10	Deutsche Börse	DAX	Germany	Frankfurt.
11	Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)	Sensex	India	Mumbai	BSE is the oldest exchange in Asia. It is located at Dalal Street, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Maharashtra, India
12	National Stock Exchange of India	Nifty	India	Mumbai
13	SIX Swiss Exchange	SMI(SWISS MARKET INDEX)	Switzerland	Zurich
14	Australian Securities Exchange	S&P/ASX 200	Australia	Sydney
15	Korea Exchange	KOSPI	South Korea	Seoul
16	OMX Nordic Exchange	OMX Nordic 40	Northern Europe, Armenia	Stockholm
17	JSE Limited	FTSE/JSE	South Africa	Johannesburg	Oldest existing and largest stock exchange in Africa.
18	BME Spanish Exchanges	IBEX35	Spain	Madrid
19	Taiwan Stock Exchange	TSEC	Taiwan	Taipei
20	BM&F Bovespa	Bovespa Index	Brazil	São Paulo

We hope you found this article on the list of stock exchanges in the world useful. All IIFT aspirants have to learn this list in and out, as every mark counts in GK for you to score well in the exam.

Happy preparations!

Also read: List of International Organizations and their Headquarters