Important Stock Exchanges in the World and abbrevations

There are number of Stock exchanges all over the world. But there are only few stock exchanges which influence the world economic situation. In this post I will list the important stock markets which are important and which are largest by market capitalisation:

1. New York Stock Exchange(NYSE):  Founded in 1817 and is one of oldest stock market in the world  it is  located in 11 Wall Street, New York. Popularly referred as "Wall Street" it is largest bourse in the world. Many Chinese firms including famous e-commerce gaint Ali Baba listed on NYSE making it famous among Chinsese.

2. NASDAQ: It is  also located in New york and is important stock markets in the world. It is owned by NASDAQ OMX group. Technology firms Google, Apple and social networking giant Facebook are listed on this stock exchange.

3. Tokyo Stock Exchange(TYO): It is founded in 1878 and is situated in Japanese capital city Tokyo. It is Asia largest stock exchange. In July 2012 it merged with Osaka Securities Exchange resulting in Japan Exchange Group. Investment major SoftBank is list in TYO.

4. Korea Exchange(KRX):  It is the sole exhange in South Korea and is situated in Korean city Busan. Technology major Samsung is listed in this Stock exchange.

5. Hong Kong Stock Exchange(HKEx): It is the second largest stock market in Asia, only after Tokyo Stock Exchange. Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing is the owner of this Stock Exchange

6. Shanghai Stock Exchange(SSE): It is the important stock exchange from mainland China. It is directly administered by Chinese Securities and Regulatory Commission 

7. Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE): It is located in India's finanicial capital, Mumbai. Established in 1875 is considered as one of the fastest stock exchange. It is largest exchange in terms of number of listed companies

8. National Stock Exchange of India(NSE):  It is situated in Mumbai. India is one of the the world's top stock exchange in terms of market captilisation

Quiz:

1. "NYSE" is stock exchange in the city of?
A. Washington
B. Florida
C. New York
D. Florida


2. Samsung is listed in which stock exchange?
A. Korea Exchange
B. Hong Kong Stock Exchange
C. Shanghai Stock Exchange
D. NASDAQ