Important Stock Exchanges in the world

A stock market is an organization that provides trading between “traders” and “stock-brokers” to trade stocks and other securities. All the countries have their own stock market and I thought of listing few important stock markets for my readers.

New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange is an equity (stock) exchange located at 11 Wall Street in lower Manhattan, New York, USA). It is the largest stock exchange in the world by dollar value of its listed companies' securities.[3] As of October 2008, the combined capitalization of all domestic New York Stock Exchange listed companies was US$10.1 trillion.

Tokyo Stock Exchange

TSE located in Tokyo, Japan, is the second largest stock exchange in the world by aggregate market capitalization of its listed companies, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. As of 31 December 2007, the Tokyo Stock Exchange had 2,414 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of $4.3 trillion.

NASDAQ - National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations:

This is the American stock exchange and It is the largest electronic screen-based equity securities trading market in the United States. With approximately 3,800 companies, it has more trading volume per hour than any other stock exchange in the world.

Euronext :

Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange based in Paris and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal and the United Kingdom. In addition to equities and derivatives markets, the Euronext group provides clearing and information services.