World stock exchanges

 Here you will find an overview of the most important international stock exchanges.

There are many exchanges around the world. Many states have one or more systems for trading securities - stocks, options or other derivatives. Exchanges can be distinguished by the type of instrument traded on them, e.g. stock exchanges, futures exchanges, forex exchanges or commodity exchanges. The stock exchange can be defined as a place where supply and demand physically meet, e.g. on the New York Stock Exchange NYSE

Stock exchange - a place of trading in securities

Different classes of securities, assets are traded in many places. For example, US stocks are traded on the NYSE, while forwards are traded on special futures exchanges such as Eurex. Most trading venues are now electronic exchanges, where electronic trading takes place. Deciding which exchange to choose doesn't just depend on the type of securities you want to buy or sell. Fees, trading volume, spreads and current prices play a significant role. Price differences between exchanges, however, are minimal in these automated times.

Large international exchanges

The largest exchanges are currently located in North America and Asia. The NYSE and NASDAQ in the US often dictate the pace of world trade. When trading on international exchanges, you should look at the opening hours of the exchanges, because due to the existence of different time zones, the opening hours of individual exchanges vary significantly. The world's largest stock exchanges are listed in the table below

Exchange	Country	Short
NYSE	USA	XNYS
NASDAQ	USA	XNAS
Tokyo Stock Exchange	Japan	XJPX
Shanghai Stock Exchange	China	XSGE
London Stock Exchange	United Kingdom	XLON
Euronext	Europe	XBRU, XPAR
Hong Kong Stock Exchange	China	XHKG
Shenzhen Stock Exchange	China	XSHE
Toronto Stock Exchange	Canada	XTSE
Bombay Stock Exchange	India	XBOM

A very successful six-month period for the world stock exchanges

Friday's session on Wall Street ended with increases in the main indices. Investors focused on macro data from the US economy, including the PCE deflator, which is considered a favorite indicator for Fed members. Once again, the growth leaders during Friday's session were tech companies.

The Dow Jones Industrial closed up 0.84%. and amounted to 34,407.60 points.

The S&P 500 ended the day up 1.23%. and amounted to 4,450.38 points.

The Nasdaq Composite rose 1.45 percent. and closed the session at 13,787.92 points. The index had its best first half of the year in four decades.

The growth leaders during Friday's session were tech companies that pushed US stock markets up throughout the very successful first half of 2023.

After a few percent have gained, among others Nvidia, Meta Platforms, Netflix, Microsoft, Amazon. Apple gained 2.3 percent. and exceeded USD 3 trillion in capitalization.

All three major U.S. stock indices gained more than 2 percent in the past week.

America is the fastest growing major economy. Thanks "Bidenomica"

 The US is the fastest-growing major economy in the post-pandemic period thanks to Bidenomica, President Joe Biden said in Chicago on Wednesday during a speech on his economic policy. He added that his policy, based on investments in American industry, education and infrastructure, is a "fundamental break" with the current "drip theory".

Biden stated that while he didn't create the term "Bidenomics" (the Wall Street Journal did), he would use it. At the same time, he contrasted his approach to "Reaganomics" with the "drip theory", i.e. an approach favoring the richest in the belief that benefits - eg lower income - for them "drip" to the lower classes. Biden describes his approach as developing the economy "from the inside out and from the bottom up, instead of just top down."

Biden also summarized the main pillars of his policy and his achievements to date, including increased investment in education and research, multi-billion public investment in infrastructure, the semiconductor industry and green technologies, and support for labor unions.

He contrasted it with the current approach, which he believed had caused industries to flee abroad, wreak havoc on entire communities and cities, and cut investment, making America lose ground in key areas such as semiconductor manufacturing, infrastructure, and research spending.