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{{Short description|Organization that provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade securities}}
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] on ] in ], the world's largest stock exchange per total ] of its listed companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-exchanges.org/files/file/stats%20and%20charts/July%202010%20WFE%20Market%20Highlights.pdf|title=Market highlights for first half-year 2010|publisher=World Federation of Exchanges|accessdate=June 1, 2013}}</ref>]]
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] in ] is the world's largest stock exchange per total ] of its listed companies.<ref name=NYSEhighestcap>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/nyse-new-york-stock-exchange/|title=NYSE: What Is The New York Stock Exchange|author=Kat Tretina and Benjamin Curry|work=Forbes|date=April 9, 2021|access-date=July 25, 2022|archive-date=23 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623174242/https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/nyse-new-york-stock-exchange/|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
A '''stock exchange''' is a form of ] which provides services for ] and ] to trade ]s, ], and other ]. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments, and capital events including the payment of income and ]s. Securities traded on a stock exchange include ] issued by companies, ]s, ], pooled investment products and ]. Stock exchanges often function as "continuous auction" markets, with buyers and sellers consummating transactions at a central location, such as the floor of the exchange.<ref>Lemke and Lins, ''Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities'', §2:3 (Thomson West, 2013-2014 ed.).</ref>
A '''stock exchange''', '''securities exchange''', or '''bourse''' is an ] where ]s and ] can buy and sell ], such as ] of ], ] and other ]s. Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for the issue and redemption of such securities and instruments and capital events including the payment of income and ]s. Securities traded on a stock exchange include stock issued by ], ]s, ], pooled investment products and bonds. Stock exchanges often function as "continuous auction" markets with buyers and sellers consummating transactions via ] at a central location such as the floor of the exchange or by using an electronic system to process financial transactions.<ref>Lemke and Lins, ''Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities'', §2:3 (Thomson West, 2013-2014 ed.).</ref>


To be able to trade a security on a certain stock exchange, it must be ] there. Usually, there is a central location at least for record keeping, but trade is increasingly less linked to such a physical place, as modern markets are ], which gives them advantages of increased speed and reduced cost of transactions. Trade on an exchange is by members only. To be able to trade a ] on a particular stock exchange, the security must be ] there. Usually, there is a central location for record keeping, but trade is increasingly less linked to a physical place as modern markets use ]s, which give them advantages of increased speed and reduced cost of transactions. Trade on an exchange is restricted to ]s who are members of the exchange. In recent years, various other trading venues such as electronic communication networks, ]s and "]s" have taken much of the trading activity away from traditional stock exchanges.<ref>Lemke and Lins, ''Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities'', §§2:25 - 2:30 (Thomson West, 2013-2014 ed.).</ref>


The initial offering of stocks and bonds to investors is by definition done in the ] and subsequent trading is done in the ]. A stock exchange is often the most important component of a ]. Supply and demand in stock markets are driven by various factors that, as in all ]s, affect the price of stocks (see ]). ]s of stocks and bonds to investors is done in the ] and subsequent trading is done in the ]. A stock exchange is often the most important component of a ]. Supply and demand in stock markets are driven by various factors that, as in all ]s, affect the price of stocks (see ]).


There is usually no compulsion to issue stock via the stock exchange itself, nor must stock be subsequently traded on the exchange. Such trading is said to be ''off exchange'' or ]. This is the usual way that ] and ] are traded. Increasingly, stock exchanges are part of a global market for securities. There is usually no obligation for stock to be issued through the stock exchange itself, nor must stock be subsequently traded on an exchange. Such trading may be ''off exchange'' or ]. This is the usual way that ] and bonds are traded. Increasingly, stock exchanges are part of a global securities market. Stock exchanges also serve an economic function in providing liquidity to ]s in providing an efficient means of disposing of shares. In recent years, as the ease and speed of exchanging stocks over digital platforms has increased, volatility in the day-to-day market has increased, too.

In recent years, various other trading venues, such as electronic communications networks, alternative trading systems and "dark pools" have taken much of the trading activity away from traditional stock exchanges.<ref>Lemke and Lins, ''Soft Dollars and Other Trading Activities'', §§2:25 - 2:30 (Thomson West, 2013-2014 ed.).</ref>


==History==<!-- This section is linked from ] --> ==History==<!-- This section is linked from ] -->
The beginnings of lending were in Italy in the late Middle Ages. In the 14th century, Venetian lenders would carry slates with information on the various issues for sale and meet with clients, much like a broker does today.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/68456 | isbn=9781421431444 | title=The Venetian Money Market: Banks, Panics, and the Public Debt, 1200-1500 | year=2019 | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | access-date=20 November 2022 | archive-date=20 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120095826/https://muse.jhu.edu/book/68456 | url-status=live }}</ref> Venetian merchants introduced the principle of exchanging debts between ]; a lender looking to unload a high-risk, high-interest loan might exchange it for a different loan with another lender. These lenders also bought government debt issues.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.investopedia.com/articles/07/stock-exchange-history.asp | title=The Birth of Stock Exchanges | access-date=20 November 2022 | archive-date=26 October 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026065858/https://www.investopedia.com/articles/07/stock-exchange-history.asp | url-status=live }}</ref> As the natural evolution of their business continued, the lenders began to sell debt issues to the first individual investors. The Venetians were the leaders in the field and the first to start trading securities from other governments, yet did not embark on private trade with India. Nor did the Italians connect on land with the Chinese ]. Along the potential overland trade route, Holy Roman Emperor ] repulsed advances by Mongol ] (]) in 1241.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1245 |title=Letter of Güyük Khan to Pope Innocent IV |journal=Vatican Secret Archives, Vatican City, Inv. No. A. A. |issue=Arm. I-XVIII}}</ref> There is little consensus among scholars as to when corporate ] was first traded. Some view the key event as the ]'s founding in 1602,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/first-company-issue-stock-dutch-east-india.asp | title=What Was the First Company to Issue Stock? | first=Andrew | last=Beattie | work=] | date=December 13, 2017 | access-date=22 March 2019 | archive-date=4 February 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204153527/https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/first-company-issue-stock-dutch-east-india.asp | url-status=live }}</ref> while others point to much earlier developments (Bruges, Antwerp in 1531 and in Lyon in 1548). The first book in history of securities exchange, the Confusion of Confusions, was written by the Dutch-Jewish trader ] and the ] is often considered the oldest "modern" securities market in the world.<ref name="Braudel">{{cite book|last1=Braudel|first1=Fernand|title=Wheels of Commerce: Civilization & Capitalism 15th-18th Century|date=1983|publisher=Harper & Row|location=New York |isbn=0060150912 }}</ref> On the other hand, economist ] of the ] argues that a share market existed as far back as ], that derives from ] "Argentari". In the ], which existed for centuries before the ] was founded, there were ''societates publicanorum'', organizations of contractors or leaseholders who performed temple-building and other services for the government. One such service was the feeding of geese on the Capitoline Hill as a reward to the birds after their honking warned of a Gallic invasion in 390&nbsp;B.C. Participants in such organizations had ''partes'' or shares, a concept mentioned various times by the statesman and orator ]. In one speech, Cicero mentions "shares that had a very high price at the time". Such evidence, in Malmendier's view, suggests the instruments were tradable, with fluctuating values based on an organization's success. The ''societas'' declined into obscurity in the time of the emperors, as most of their services were taken over by direct agents of the state.
] recorded interest-bearing loans.]]
Securities markets took centuries to develop.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Silber|first=Kenneth|title=The Earliest Securities Markets|journal=Research magazine|year=2009|month=February|volume=32|issue=2|pages=44–47|url=http://www.advisorone.com/article/earliest-securities-markets|accessdate=19 May 2011}}</ref> The idea of debt dates back to the ], as evidenced for example by ancient ]n clay tablets recording interest-bearing loans. There is little consensus among scholars as to when corporate ] was first traded. Some see the key event as the ]'s founding in 1602, while others point to earlier developments. Economist Ulrike Malmendier of the ] argues that a share market existed as far back as ].


Tradable ] as a commonly used type of security were a more recent innovation, spearheaded by the Italian city-states of the late ] and early ] periods.<ref name="Edward P 2006, p. 286">Stringham, Edward Peter; Curott, Nicholas A.: ''On the Origins of Stock Markets'' , pp. 324-344, in ''The Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics'', edited by ] and Christopher J. Coyne. (Oxford University Press, 2015, {{ISBN|978-0199811762}}). ] & Nicholas A. Curott: "Business ventures with multiple shareholders became popular with '']'' contracts in medieval Italy (], 2006, p. 286), and ] (2009) provides evidence that shareholder companies date back to ancient Rome. Yet the title of the world's first stock market deservedly goes to that of seventeenth-century Amsterdam, where an active secondary market in company shares emerged. The two major companies were the ] and the ], founded in 1602 and 1621. Other companies existed, but they were not as large and constituted a small portion of the stock market (Israel 1991, 109–112; Dehing and 't Hart 1997, 54; dela Vega 1996, 173)."</ref>
In the ], which existed for centuries before the ] was founded, there were ''societates publicanorum'', organizations of contractors or leaseholders who performed temple-building and other services for the government. One such service was the feeding of geese on the Capitoline Hill as a reward to the birds after their honking warned of a Gallic invasion in 390 B.C. Participants in such organizations had ''partes'' or shares, a concept mentioned various times by the statesman and orator ]. In one speech, Cicero mentions "shares that had a very high price at the time." Such evidence, in Malmendier's view, suggests the instruments were tradable, with fluctuating values based on an organization's success. The ''societas'' declined into obscurity in the time of the emperors, as most of their services were taken over by direct agents of the state.


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Tradable ] as a commonly used type of security were a more recent innovation, spearheaded by the Italian city-states of the late ] and early ] periods.
], also known as Joseph Penso de la Vega and by other variations of his name, was an Amsterdam trader from a Spanish Jewish family and a prolific writer as well as a successful businessman in 17th-century Amsterdam. His 1688 book ''Confusion of Confusions''<ref>], ''Confusion de Confusiones'' (1688), ''Portions Descriptive of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange'', introduction by Hermann Kellenbenz, Baker Library, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (1957)</ref> explained the workings of the city's ]. It was the earliest book about ] and inner workings of a stock market, taking the form of a dialogue between a merchant, a ] and a philosopher, the book described a market that was sophisticated but also prone to excesses, and de la Vega offered advice to his readers on such topics as the unpredictability of market shifts and the importance of patience in investment.


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In 1171, the authorities of the ], concerned about their war-depleted treasury, drew a forced loan from the citizenry. Such debt, known as ''prestiti'', paid 5 percent interest per year and had an indefinite maturity date. Initially regarded with suspicion, it came to be seen as a valuable investment that could be bought and sold. The bond market had begun.
In England, the Dutch ] sought to modernize the kingdom's finances to pay for its wars, and thus the first government bonds were issued in 1693 and the ] was set up the following year. Soon thereafter, English ] began going public.


London's first stockbrokers, however, were barred from the old commercial center known as the Royal Exchange, reportedly because of their rude manners. Instead, the new trade was conducted from coffee houses along ]. By 1698, a broker named John Castaing, operating out of ], was posting regular lists of stock and commodity prices. Those lists mark the beginning of the ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stockbroking101.com/stockbroker-101-a-cool-history/ | title=Stockbroker 101 - A Cool History | publisher=Stockbroker 101 | access-date=22 March 2019 | archive-date=22 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822113545/http://www.stockbroking101.com/stockbroker-101-a-cool-history/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
From 1262 to 1379, Venice never missed an interest payment, solidifying the credibility of the new instruments. Other Italian city-states such as Florence and Genoa became bond issuers as well, often as a means of paying for warfare. Bonds were traded widely in Italy and beyond, a business facilitated by bankers such as the ].


===18th century===
War between Venice and Genoa resulted in suspension of ''prestiti'' interest payments in the early 1380s, and when the market was restored, it was at a lower interest rate. Venice's bonds traded at steep discounts for decades thereafter. Other blows to financial stability resulted from the ], which caused monarchs of France and England to default on debts to Italian banks, and the ], which ravaged much of Europe. Still, the idea of debt as a tradable investment endured.
One of history's greatest ]s occurred around 1720. At the center of it were the ], set up in 1711 to conduct English trade with South America, and the ], focused on commerce with France's Louisiana colony and touted by transplanted Scottish financier ], who was acting in effect as France's central banker. Investors snapped up shares in both, and whatever else was available. In 1720, at the height of the mania, there was even an offering of "a company for carrying out an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is".


By the end of that same year, share prices had started collapsing, as it became clear that expectations of imminent wealth from the Americas were overblown. In London, Parliament passed the ], which stated that only royally chartered companies could issue public shares. In Paris, Law was stripped of office and fled the country. Stock trading was more limited and subdued in subsequent decades. Yet the market survived, and by the 1790s shares were being traded in the young United States. On May 17, 1792, the ] opened under a '']'' (buttonwood tree) in ], as 24 stockbrokers signed the ], agreeing to trade five securities under that buttonwood tree.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/business/hottopic/stock_market.html | title=History of the NY Stock Exchange | publisher=] | date=May 2004 | access-date=22 March 2019 | archive-date=4 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404085759/http://loc.gov/rr/business/hottopic/stock_market.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
As with bonds, the concept of stock developed gradually. Some scholars place its origins as far back as ancient Rome. Partnership agreements dividing ownership into shares date back at least to the 13th century, again with Italian city-states in the vanguard. Such arrangements, however, typically extended only to a handful of people and were of limited duration, as with shipping partnerships that applied only to a single sea voyage.
], Belgium.]]
The forefront of commercial innovation eventually shifted from Italy to northern Europe. The ], an alliance of mercantile cities such as ] and ], operated counting houses to expedite trade.


===19th century onwards===
By the late 1500s, English merchants were experimenting with joint-stock companies intended to operate on an ongoing basis; one such was the ], which sought to wrest trade with Russia away from Hanseatic dominance.
]) in 1875 acting as ]]]
Bombay Stock Exchange was started by Premchand Roychand in 1875.<ref>{{cite news |title=BSE may set another record, become an official tourist spot |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/mumbai/2017/oct/06/bse-may-set-another-record-become-an-official-tourist-spot-1667426.html |access-date=4 November 2021 |work=] |agency=] |date=6 October 2017 |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104151832/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/mumbai/2017/oct/06/bse-may-set-another-record-become-an-official-tourist-spot-1667426.html |url-status=live }}</ref> While BSE Limited is now synonymous with Dalal Street, it was not always so. In the 1850s, five stock brokers gathered together under a Banyan tree in front of Mumbai Town Hall, where Horniman Circle is now situated.<ref>{{cite web |title=THE PROFILE OF BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE LIMITED |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289504506}}</ref> A decade later, the brokers moved their location to another leafy setting, this time under banyan trees at the junction of Meadows Street and what was then called Esplanade Road, now Mahatma Gandhi Road. With a rapid increase in the number of brokers, they had to shift places repeatedly. At last, in 1874, the brokers found a permanent location, the one that they could call their own. The brokers group became an official organization known as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association" in 1875.<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of Bombay Stock Exchange |website = ]| date=11 September 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDkiJcRWvRQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/oDkiJcRWvRQ| archive-date=2021-10-30}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


The Bombay Stock Exchange continued to operate out of a building near the ] until 1928. The present site near ] was acquired by the exchange in 1928, and a building was constructed and occupied in 1930. The street on which the site is located came to be called ''Dalal Street'' in Hindi (meaning "Broker Street") due to the location of the exchange.
The next big step occurred in the Netherlands. In 1602, the Dutch East India Company was formed as a joint-stock company based in six locations with shares that were readily tradable. The stock market had begun, but since stocks were not allowed to be traded with multiple addresses for a company, the stocks were redesignated as coming just from ].
] issued by the ], dating from 7 November 1623, for the amount of 2,400 ].]]
The Dutch East India Company, formed to build up the spice trade, operated as a colonial ruler in what's now Indonesia and beyond, a purview that included conducting military operations against recalcitrant natives and competing colonial powers. Control of the company was held tightly by its directors, with ordinary shareholders not having much influence on management or even access to the company's accounting statements.


On 31 August 1957, the BSE became the first stock exchange to be recognized by the ] under the Securities Contracts Regulation Act. Construction of the present building, the ] at ], ], began in the late 1970s and was completed and occupied by the BSE in 1980. Initially named the ''BSE Towers'', the name of the building was changed soon after occupation, in memory of Sir ], chairman of the BSE since 1966, following his death.
However, shareholders were rewarded well for their investment. The company paid an average dividend of over 16 percent per year from 1602 to 1650. Financial innovation in Amsterdam took many forms. In 1609, investors led by one ] formed history's first bear syndicate, but their coordinated trading had only a modest impact in driving down share prices, which tended to be robust throughout the 17th century. By the 1620s, the company was expanding its securities issuance with the first use of corporate bonds.


In 1986, the BSE developed the S&P ] index, giving the BSE a means to measure the overall performance of the exchange. In 2000, the BSE used this index to open its derivatives market, trading S&P BSE SENSEX futures contracts. The development of S&P BSE SENSEX options along with equity derivatives followed in 2001 and 2002, expanding the BSE's trading platform.
The Dutch West India Company was formed in 1621, bringing a new issuer to the burgeoning securities market. Amsterdam's growth as a financial center survived the tulip mania of the 1630s, in which contracts for the delivery of flower bulbs soared wildly and then crashed. New techniques and instruments proliferated for securities as well as commodities, including options, repos and margin trading.<ref>{{cite web|title=PhD thesis – The world's first stock exchange|url=http://www.lodewijkpetram.nl/index-eng.html|accessdate=1 October 2011}}</ref>


Historically an open outcry floor trading exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange switched to an electronic trading system developed by ]. in 1995. It took the exchange only 50 days to make this transition. This automated, ] platform called BSE On-Line Trading (BOLT) had a capacity of 8 million orders per day. Now BSE has raised capital by issuing shares and as on 3 May 2017 the BSE share which is traded in NSE only closed with ₹999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bseindia.com/about/tech.asp |title=BSEIndia |publisher=BSEIndia |access-date=28 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122172626/http://www.bseindia.com/about/tech.asp |archive-date=22 January 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
], also known as Joseph Penso de la Vega and by other variations of his name, was an Amsterdam trader from a Spanish Jewish family and a prolific writer as well as a successful businessman in 17th-century Amsterdam. His 1688 book Confusion of Confusions explained the workings of the city's stock market. It was the earliest book about ], taking the form of a dialogue between a merchant, a shareholder and a philosopher, the book described a market that was sophisticated but also prone to excesses, and de la Vega offered advice to his readers on such topics as the unpredictability of market shifts and the importance of patience in investment.


==Roles==
The year that de la Vega published also brought an event that helped spread financial techniques and talent from Amsterdam to London. This was the "glorious revolution," in which Dutch ruler ] also ascended to England's throne. William sought to modernize England's finances to pay for its wars, and thus the kingdom's first government bonds were issued in 1693 and the ] was set up the following year. Soon thereafter, English joint-stock companies began going public.
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] in ], US, is the largest stock exchange in the world.]]
] in ], US, is the second-largest stock exchange in the world.]]
] in ], China, is third-largest stock exchange in the world.]]
] in ], Netherlands, for the ] is the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world.]]
] in ], Japan, is the fifth-largest stock exchange in the world and second-largest in Asia.]]
] in ], China, is the seventh-largest stock exchange in the world, fourth-largest in Asia and second-largest in China.]]
] in ], UK, is the eighth-largest stock exchange in the world, largest non-EU European Stock Exchange and second largest in Europe.]]
] in ], India, is the ninth-largest stock exchange in the world, oldest and fifth-largest in Asia, largest in India. It is the fastest stock exchange in the world.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}]]
] in ], India, is the tenth-largest stock exchange in the world, sixth-largest in Asia and second-largest in India.]]
] in ], Australia, is the largest stock exchange in Oceania.]]
] in ], Brazil, is the largest stock exchange in South America.]]
] in ], South Africa, is the largest stock exchange in Africa.]]


Stock exchanges have multiple roles in the economy. This may include the following:<ref>{{cite journal | last=Diamond | first=Peter A. | year=1967 | title=The Role of a Stock Market in a General Equilibrium Model with Technological Uncertainty | journal=] | volume=57 | issue=4 | pages=759–776 | jstor=1815367}}</ref>
London's first stockbrokers, however, were barred from the old commercial center known as the Royal Exchange, reportedly because of their rude manners. Instead, the new trade was conducted from coffee houses along ]. By 1698, a broker named John Castaing, operating out of ], was posting regular lists of stock and commodity prices. Those lists mark the beginning of the ].

One of history's greatest ]s occurred in the next few decades. At the center of it were the ], set up in 1711 to conduct English trade with South America, and the ], focused on commerce with France's Louisiana colony and touted by transplanted Scottish financier ], who was acting in effect as France's central banker. Investors snapped up shares in both, and whatever else was available. In 1720, at the height of the mania, there was even an offering of "a company for carrying out an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is."

By the end of that same year, share prices were collapsing, as it became clear that expectations of imminent wealth from the Americas were overblown. In London, Parliament passed the ], which stated that only royally chartered companies could issue public shares. In Paris, Law was stripped of office and fled the country. Stock trading was more limited and subdued in subsequent decades. Yet the market survived, and by the 1790s shares were being traded in the young United States.

==Role of stock exchanges==
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Stock exchanges have multiple roles in the economy. This may include the following:<ref>{{cite journal |last=Diamond |first=Peter A. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1967 |month= |title=The Role of a Stock Market in a General Equilibrium Model with Technological Uncertainty |journal=] |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=759–776 |doi= |jstor=1815367}}</ref>


===Raising capital for businesses=== ===Raising capital for businesses===
The Stock Exchange provide ] with the facility to raise ] for expansion through selling ] to the investing public.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Gilson |first=Ronald J. |authorlink= |coauthors=Black, Bernard S. |year=1998 |month= |title=Venture Capital and the Structure of Capital Markets: Banks Versus Stock Markets |journal=Journal of Financial Economics |volume=47 |issue= |pages=243–277 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.46909 |url=}}</ref> Besides the borrowing capacity provided to an individual or firm by the ], in the form of ] or a loan, a stock exchange provides ] with the facility to raise ] for expansion through selling ] to the investing public.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Gilson |first=Ronald J. |author2=Black, Bernard S. |year=1998 |title=Venture Capital and the Structure of Capital Markets: Banks Versus Stock Markets |journal=Journal of Financial Economics |volume=47 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.46909 |s2cid=154673504 |url=https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2152&context=faculty_scholarship |access-date=16 December 2019 |archive-date=9 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509225728/https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2152&context=faculty_scholarship |url-status=live }}</ref>


] companies, particularly ] companies, typically need to raise high volumes of capital in their early stages. For this reason, the public market provided by the stock exchanges has been one of the most important funding sources for many capital intensive ]s. In the 1990s and early 2000s, hi-tech listed companies experienced a boom and bust in the world's major stock exchanges.<ref>{{Citation |last=White |first=Eugene N. |title=Bubbles and Busts: The 1990s in the Mirror of the 1920s |date=2006-04-01 |type=Working Paper |url=https://www.nber.org/papers/w12138 |access-date=2024-08-19 |series=Working Paper Series |doi=10.3386/w12138}}</ref> Since then, it has been much more demanding for the high-tech entrepreneur to take his/her company public, unless either the company is already generating sales and earnings, or the company has demonstrated credibility and potential from successful outcomes: clinical trials, market research, patent registrations, etc. This shift in market expectations has led to an increased reliance on private equity and venture capital funding in the early stages of high-tech companies.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Yuji |first1=Honjo |last2=Koki |first2=Kurihara |date=2023 |title=Graduation of initial public offering firms from junior stock markets: Evidence from the tokyo stock exchange |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741017000637 |journal=Small Business Economics |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=813–841|doi=10.1017/S0305741017000637 }}</ref> This is quite different from the situation of the 1990s to early-2000s period, when a number of companies (particularly Internet boom and biotechnology companies) ] in the most prominent stock exchanges around the world in the total absence of sales, earnings, or any type of well-documented promising outcome. Though it is not as common, it still happens that highly speculative and financially unpredictable hi-tech startups are listed for the first time in a major stock exchange. Additionally, there are smaller, specialized entry markets for these kind of companies with ]es tracking their performance (examples include the ], ], ], ]).
====Common forms of capital raising====
Besides the borrowing capacity provided to an individual or firm by the ], in the form of ] or a loan, there are four common forms of capital raising used by companies and ]s. Most of these available options, might be achieved, directly or indirectly, involving a stock exchange.


====Alternatives to stock exchanges for raising capital====
=====Going public=====
Alternative investment funds refer to funds that include '''hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, angel funds, real estate, commodities, collectibles, structured products''', etc. Alternative investment funds are an alternative to traditional investment options (stocks, bonds, and cash).


===== Research and Development limited partnerships =====
] companies, particularly ] companies, always need to raise high volumes of capital in their early stages. For this reason, the public market provided by the stock exchanges has been one of the most important funding sources for many capital intensive ]s. After the 1990s and early-2000s hi-tech listed companies' boom and bust in the world's major stock exchanges, it has been much more demanding for the high-tech entrepreneur to take his/her company public, unless either the company already has products in the market and is generating sales and earnings, or the company has completed advanced promising clinical trials, earned potentially profitable patents or conducted market research which demonstrated very positive outcomes. This is quite different from the situation of the 1990s to early-2000s period, when a number of companies (particularly Internet boom and biotechnology companies) went public in the most prominent stock exchanges around the world, in the total absence of sales, earnings and any well-documented promising outcome. Anyway, every year a number of companies, including unknown highly speculative and financially unpredictable hi-tech startups, are listed for the first time in all the major stock exchanges – there are even specialized entry markets for these kind of companies or ]es tracking their performance (examples include the ], ], ], ], or most of the ] companies).
Companies have also raised significant amounts of capital through ] ]s. Tax law changes that were enacted in 1987 in the United States changed the tax deductibility of investments in R&D limited partnerships.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fullerton |first1=Don |last2=Gillette |first2=Robert |last3=Mackie |first3=James |title=Investment incentives under the tax reform act of 1986 |url=https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/131/Report-Compendium-1987-Part5.pdf}}</ref> In order for a partnership to be of interest to investors today, the ] must be high enough to entice investors.

=====Limited partnerships=====
A number of companies have also raised significant amounts of capital through ] ]s. Tax law changes that were enacted in 1987 in the United States changed the tax deductibility of investments in R&D limited partnerships. In order for a partnership to be of interest to investors today, the ] must be high enough to entice investors. As a result, R&D limited partnerships are not a viable means of raising money for most companies, specially hi-tech startups.


=====Venture capital===== =====Venture capital=====
A third usual source of capital for startup companies has been ]. This source remains largely available today, but the maximum statistical amount that the venture company firms in aggregate will invest in any one company is not limitless (it was approximately $15 million in 2001 for a biotechnology company).<ref></ref> At those level, venture capital firms typically become tapped-out because the financial risk to any one partnership becomes too great. A general source of capital for startup companies has been ]. This source remains largely available today, but the maximum statistical amount that the venture company firms in aggregate will invest in any one company is not limitless (it was approximately $15 million in 2001 for a biotechnology company).<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Da Rin |first1=Marco |last2=Hellmann |first2=Thomas F. |last3=Puri |first3=Manju |date=October 2011 |title=A survey of venture capital research |url=https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w17523/w17523.pdf |publisher=National Bureau of Economic Research}}</ref>


=====Corporate partners===== =====Corporate partners=====
A fourth alternative source of cash for a private company is a ], usually an established multinational company, which provides capital for the smaller company in return for marketing rights, patent rights, or equity. Corporate partnerships have been used successfully in a large number of cases. Another alternative source of cash for a private company is a corporate partner, usually an established multinational company, which provides capital for the smaller company in return for marketing rights, patent rights, or equity. Corporate partnerships have been used successfully in a large number of cases.


===Mobilizing savings for investment=== ===Mobilizing savings for investment===
When people draw their savings and invest in shares (through an ] or the ] of an already listed company), it usually leads to ] allocation of resources because funds, which could have been consumed, or kept in idle ] with banks, are mobilized and redirected to help companies' management boards finance their organizations. This may promote business activity with benefits for several economic sectors such as agriculture, commerce and industry, resulting in stronger economic growth and higher ] levels of firms. Sometimes it is very difficult for the stock investor to determine whether or not the allocation of those funds is in good faith and will be able to generate long-term company growth, without examination of a company's ]. When people draw their savings and invest in shares (through an ] or the ] of an already listed company), it usually leads to ] allocation of resources because funds, which could have been consumed, or kept in idle ] with banks, are mobilized and redirected to help companies' management boards finance their organizations. This may promote business activity with benefits for several economic sectors such as agriculture, commerce and industry, resulting in stronger economic growth and higher ] levels of firms.


===Facilitating company growth=== ===Facilitating acquisitions===
Companies view acquisitions as an opportunity to expand ]s, increase distribution channels, hedge against volatility, increase its ], or acquire other necessary business ]s. A ] bid or a ] agreement through the ] is one of the simplest and most common ways for a company to grow by acquisition or fusion. Companies view acquisitions as an opportunity to expand ]s, increase distribution channels, hedge against ], increase their ], or acquire other necessary business ]s. A ] or ] through the ] is one of the simplest and most common ways for a company to grow by acquisition or fusion.

=== Facilitating company growth ===
By going public and listing on a stock exchange, companies gain access to a broader pool of investors, which can provide the necessary funds for expansion, research and development, and other growth initiatives. Additionally, being listed on a stock exchange enhances a company's visibility and credibility, making it more attractive to potential partners, customers, and employees. According to a report by the ], stock exchanges contribute to economic growth by enabling companies to access long-term capital, thereby fostering innovation and job creation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=September 2017 |title=The Role of Stock Exchanges in Fostering Economic Growth and Sustainable Development |url=https://www.world-exchanges.org/our-work/articles/the-role-of-stock-exchanges-in-fostering-economic-growth-and-sustainable-development |website=World Federation of Exchanges}}</ref>

=== Redistribution of wealth ===
While stock exchanges are not designed to be platforms for the redistribution of wealth,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=An |first1=Li |last2=Bian |first2=Jiangze |last3=Lou |first3=Dong |last4=Shi |first4=Donghui |date=2019 |title=Wealth Redistribution in Bubbles and Crashes |url=https://www.ssrn.com/abstract=3402254 |journal=SSRN Electronic Journal |language=en |doi=10.2139/ssrn.3402254 |issn=1556-5068}}</ref> they play a significant role in allowing both casual and professional stock investors to partake in the wealth generated by profitable businesses. This is achieved through the distribution of dividends and the potential for stock price increases leading to capital gains. As a result, individuals who invest in stocks have the opportunity to share in the prosperity of successful companies,<ref>{{Cite web |title=What are financial markets and why are they important? |url=https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/explainers/what-are-financial-markets-and-why-are-they-important |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=www.bankofengland.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> effectively participating in a form of wealth redistribution through their investment activities. Thus, while not the primary purpose of stock exchanges, the opportunity for individuals to benefit from the success of businesses can be seen as a form of wealth ] within the financial markets.


===Profit sharing=== ===Profit sharing===
Both casual and professional ]s, as large as ] or as small as an ordinary middle-class family, through ]s and ] increases that may result in ]s, share in the wealth of profitable businesses. Unprofitable and troubled businesses may result in ]es for shareholders. Both casual and professional ]s, as large as ]s or as small as an ordinary ], through ]s and ] increases that may result in ]s, share in the wealth of profitable businesses. Unprofitable and troubled businesses may result in ]es for shareholders.
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===Corporate governance=== ===Corporate governance===
By having a wide and varied scope of owners, companies generally tend to improve management standards and ] to satisfy the demands of these shareholders, and the more stringent rules for public corporations imposed by public stock exchanges and the government. Consequently, it is alleged that public companies (companies that are owned by shareholders who are members of the general public and trade shares on public exchanges) tend to have better management records than ] (those companies where shares are not publicly traded, often owned by the company founders and/or their families and heirs, or otherwise by a small group of investors). By having a wide and varied scope of owners, companies generally tend to improve management standards and ] to satisfy the demands of these shareholders and the more stringent rules for public corporations imposed by public stock exchanges and the government. This improvement can be attributed in some cases to the price mechanism exerted through shares of stock, wherein the price of the stock falls when management is considered poor (making the firm vulnerable to a takeover by new management) or rises when management is doing well (making the firm less vulnerable to a takeover). In addition, publicly listed shares are subject to greater transparency so that investors can make informed decisions about a purchase. Consequently, it is alleged that public companies (companies that are owned by shareholders who are members of the general public and trade shares on public exchanges) tend to have better management records than ] (those companies where shares are not publicly traded, often owned by the company founders, their families and heirs, or otherwise by a small group of investors).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Courtney |first1=Thomas B. |title=The law of private companies |last2=Hutchinson |first2=G. Brian |date=2002 |publisher=Tottel |isbn=978-1-85475-265-9 |edition=2nd |location=Dublin}}</ref>


Despite this claim, some well-documented cases are known where it is alleged that there has been considerable slippage in ] on the part of some public companies. The ] in the late 1990s, and the ] in 2007–08, are classical examples of corporate mismanagement. Companies like ] (2000), ] (2001), ] (2001), ] (2001), ] (2001), ] (2002), ] (2002), ] (2003), ] (2008), ] (2008), ] (2008), ] (2009) and ] (2009) were among the most widely scrutinized by the media. Despite this claim, some well-documented cases are known where it is alleged that there has been considerable slippage in ] on the part of some public companies, particularly in the cases of ]s. The policies that led to the ] in the late 1990s and the ] in 2007–08 are also examples of corporate mismanagement. The mismanagement of companies such as ] (2000), ] (2001), ] (2001), ] (2001), ] (2001), ] (2002), ] (2002), ] (2003), ] (2008), ] (2008), ] (2008), ] (2009) and ] (2009) all received plenty of media attention.


Many banks and companies worldwide utilize securities identification numbers (]) to identify, uniquely, their stocks, bonds and other securities. Adding an ISIN code helps to distinctly identify securities and the ISIN system is used worldwide by funds, companies, and governments.
However, when poor financial, ethical or managerial records are known by the ], the stock and the company tend to lose value. In the stock exchanges, shareholders of underperforming firms are often penalized by significant share price decline, and they tend as well to dismiss incompetent management teams.

However, when poor financial, ethical or managerial records become public, ]s tend to lose money as the stock and the company tend to lose value. In the stock exchanges, shareholders of underperforming firms are often penalized by significant share price decline, and they tend as well to dismiss incompetent management teams.


===Creating investment opportunities for small investors=== ===Creating investment opportunities for small investors===
As opposed to other businesses that require huge capital outlay, investing in shares is open to both the large and small ]s because a person buys the number of shares they can afford. Therefore the Stock Exchange provides the opportunity for small investors to own shares of the same companies as large investors. As opposed to other businesses that require huge capital outlay, investing in shares is open to both the large and small stock investors as minimum investment amounts are minimal. Therefore, the stock exchange provides the opportunity for small investors to own shares of the same companies as large investors.


===Government capital-raising for development projects=== ===Government capital-raising for development projects===
Governments at various levels may decide to borrow money to finance infrastructure projects such as sewage and water treatment works or housing estates by selling another category of ] known as ]. These bonds can be raised through the Stock Exchange whereby members of the public buy them, thus loaning money to the government. The issuance of such bonds can obviate the need, in the short term, to directly tax citizens to finance development—though by securing such bonds with the full faith and credit of the government instead of with collateral, the government must eventually tax citizens or otherwise raise additional funds to make any regular coupon payments and refund the principal when the bonds mature. Governments at various levels may decide to borrow money to finance infrastructure projects such as sewage and water treatment works or housing estates by selling another category of ] known as ]. These bonds can be raised through the stock exchange whereby members of the public buy them, thus loaning money to the government. The issuance of such bonds can obviate, in the short term, direct taxation of citizens to finance development—though by securing such bonds with the full faith and credit of the government instead of with collateral, the government must eventually tax citizens or otherwise raise additional funds to make any regular coupon payments and refund the principal when the bonds mature.


===Barometer of the economy=== ===Barometer of the economy===
At the stock exchange, share prices rise and fall depending, largely, on economics forces. Share prices tend to rise or remain stable when companies and the economy in general show signs of stability and growth. An ], depression, or ] could eventually lead to a ]. Therefore the movement of share prices and in general of the ]es can be an indicator of the general trend in the economy. At the stock exchange, share prices rise and decreases depending, largely, on economic forces. Share prices tend to rise or remain stable when companies and the economy in general show signs of stability and growth. A ], ], or ] could eventually lead to a ]. Therefore, the movement of share prices and in general of the ]es can be an indicator of the general trend in the economy.


=== Employment opportunities ===
==Speculation==
Stock exchanges offer employment opportunities to various individuals such as ] and other members who perform activities within the stock exchange. This makes the stock exchange a source of employment, not only for investors but also for the members and their employees. The diverse range of roles within the stock exchange, including trading, analysis, compliance, and administrative functions, creates an ecosystem of employment opportunities that support the operations and functions of the exchange. Additionally, the stock exchange's role in facilitating capital formation and investment in businesses also indirectly contributes to job creation and economic growth, making it a significant player in the employment landscape.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2. Securities Domain |url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E74659_01/html/SE/SE02_Domain.htm |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=docs.oracle.com}}</ref>
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The stock exchanges are also fashionable places for speculation. In a financial context, the terms "speculation" and "investment" are actually quite specific. For instance, although the word "investment" is typically used, in a general sense, to mean any act of placing money in a financial vehicle with the intent of producing returns over a period of time, most ventured money—including funds placed in the world's stock markets—is actually not investment but speculation.


=== Regulation of companies ===
==Major stock exchanges==
The stock exchange plays a role in regulating companies by exerting a significant influence on their management practices.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-05 |title=Role of an Exchange: What Is a Stock Exchange? |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/role-of-an-exchange%3A-what-is-a-stock-exchange-2021-02-05}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> To be listed on a stock exchange, a company is required to adhere to a set of rules and regulations established by the exchange itself. These regulations serve as a framework for corporate governance, financial transparency, and accountability, thereby ensuring that listed companies operate in a manner that is conducive to investor confidence and market stability. By imposing these standards, stock exchanges contribute to the overall integrity and reliability of the financial markets, fostering an environment where companies are held accountable for their actions and decisions, ultimately benefiting both investors and the broader economy.
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==Listing requirements== ==Listing requirements==
Listing requirements are the set of conditions imposed by a given stock exchange upon companies that want to be listed on that exchange. Such conditions sometimes include minimum number of shares outstanding, minimum market capitalization, and minimum annual income. Each stock exchange imposes its own ] upon companies that want to be listed on that exchange. Such conditions may include minimum number of shares outstanding, minimum market capitalization, and minimum annual income.


===Requirements by stock exchange=== ===Examples of listing requirements===
The listing requirements imposed by some stock exchanges include:
Companies must meet an exchange's requirements to have their stocks and shares listed and traded there, but requirements vary by stock exchange:
* '''New York Stock Exchange:''' To be listed on the ] (NYSE) a company must have issued at least a million shares of stock worth $100 million and must have earned more than $10 million over the last three years.<ref>http://www.nyse.com/Frameset.html?displayPage=/listed/1022540125610.html</ref> * '''New York Stock Exchange:''' the ] (NYSE) requires a company to have issued at least 1.1 million shares of stock worth $40 million and must have earned more than $10 million over the last three years.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nyse.com/publicdocs/nyse/listing/NYSE_Initial_Listing_Standards_Summary.pdf | title=Overview of NYSE Quantitative Initial Listing Standards | publisher=] | access-date=22 March 2019 | archive-date=18 May 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518150605/https://www.nyse.com/publicdocs/nyse/listing/NYSE_Initial_Listing_Standards_Summary.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
* '''NASDAQ Stock Exchange:''' To be listed on the ] a company must have issued at least 1.25 million shares of stock worth at least $70 million and must have earned more than $11 million over the last three years.<ref></ref> * '''NASDAQ Stock Exchange:''' ] requires a company to have issued at least 1.25 million shares of stock worth at least $70 million and must have earned more than $11 million over the last three years.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nasdaq.com/about/listing_information.stm | title=Applications, Notifications & Guides - Nasdaq Listing Center | publisher=] | access-date=5 July 2006 | archive-date=27 September 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927051934/http://www.nasdaq.com/about/listing_information.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>
* '''London Stock Exchange:''' The main market of the ] has requirements for a minimum market capitalization (£700,000), three years of audited financial statements, minimum public float (25 per cent) and sufficient ] for at least 12 months from the date of listing. * '''London Stock Exchange:''' the main market of the ] requires a minimum market capitalization (£700,000), three years of audited financial statements, minimum public float (25%) and sufficient ] for at least 12 months from the date of listing.
* '''Bombay Stock Exchange:''' ] (BSE) has requirements for a minimum market capitalization of {{INRConvert|250|m}} and minimum public float equivalent to {{INRConvert|100|m}}.<ref></ref> * '''Bombay Stock Exchange:''' ] (BSE) requires a minimum market capitalization of {{INRConvert|250|m}} and minimum public float equivalent to {{INRConvert|100|m}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bseindia.com/ | title=Bombay Stock Exchange | publisher=] | access-date=22 March 2019 | archive-date=5 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905144543/https://www.bseindia.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* '''The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE):''' To be eligible for an initial public offering (IPO) on ] SSE, a company must meet certain criteria such as minimum market capitalization, a minimum net profit, and a minimum number of shareholders. Also, the company’s total share capital must not be less than RMB 30 million. Companies must also submit financial reports and undergo a review by the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE |url=http://english.sse.com.cn/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=english.sse.com.cn}}</ref>
* '''Australian Securities Exchange in Sydney:''' ] requires a company to meet the Profit Test by demonstrating either of the following: A$1 million aggregated profit from continuing operations over the past 3 years or A$500,000 consolidated profit from continuing operations over the last 12 months. Alternatively, a company can meet the Assets Test by fulfilling one of the following criteria: A$4 million net tangible assets or A$15 million market capitalization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to Listing & the IPO Process in Australia |url=https://www.asx.com.au/documents/resources/A-Guide-to-Listing-SEP-18-Maddocks.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ASX History |url=http://www.asxgroup.com.au/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423052515/http://www.asxgroup.com.au/history.htm |archive-date=2012-04-23}}</ref>


==Ownership== ==Ownership==
Stock exchanges originated as ]s, owned by its member stock brokers. There has been a recent trend for stock exchanges to ''demutualize'', where the members sell their shares in an ]. In this way the mutual organization becomes a corporation, with shares that are listed on a stock exchange. Examples are ] (1998), ] (merged with New York Stock Exchange), ] (2002), the ] (2005), ], and the ] (2007). Stock exchanges originated as ]s, owned by its member stockbrokers. However, the major stock exchanges have ''demutualized'', where the members sell their shares in an ]. In this way the mutual organization becomes a corporation, with shares that are listed on a stock exchange. Examples are ] (1998), ] (merged with New York Stock Exchange), ] (2002), ] (2004), the ] (2005), {{Lang|es|]|italic=no}}, and the ] (2007).

The ] and ] stock exchanges can been characterized as quasi-state institutions insofar as they were created by government bodies in China and their leading personnel are directly appointed by the ].
The ] and ] can be characterized as quasi-state institutions insofar as they were created by government bodies in China and their leading personnel are directly appointed by the ].
Another example is Tashkent republican stock exchange (Uzbekistan) established in 1994, three years after collapse of Soviet Union, mainly owned by state but has a form of a public corporation (joint stock company). According to an Uzbek government decision (March 2012) 25 percent minus one share of Tashkent stock exchange is expected to be sold to Korea Exchange(KRX)in 2014.<www.uzse.uz>

Another example is ] established in 1994, three years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, mainly state-owned but has a form of a public corporation (]). ] (KRX) owns 25% less one share of the Tashkent Stock Exchange.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uzse.uz/abouts/history?locale=en | title=Stages of the Republican Stock Exchange | publisher=] | access-date=22 March 2019 | archive-date=29 February 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229124356/https://www.uzse.uz/abouts/history?locale=en | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018, there were 15 licensed stock exchanges in the United States, of which 13 actively traded securities. All of these exchanges were owned by three publicly traded multinational companies, ], ], and ], except one, ].<ref name=Reuters1-19>{{Cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wallstreet-exchange-idUSKCN1P11A6 | title=Major Wall Street players plan exchange to challenge NYSE, Nasdaq | first=Diptendu | last=Lahiri | work=] | date=January 7, 2019 | access-date=8 January 2019 | archive-date=9 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109012050/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wallstreet-exchange-idUSKCN1P11A6 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/competition-among-exchanges-has-reached-a-new-low-and-its-dangerous-for-the-stock-market-2018-5 | title=Competition among exchanges has reached a new low, and it's dangerous for the stock market | first=John | last=Ramsay | work=] | date=May 23, 2018 | access-date=8 January 2019 | archive-date=9 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109062158/https://www.businessinsider.com/competition-among-exchanges-has-reached-a-new-low-and-its-dangerous-for-the-stock-market-2018-5 | url-status=live }} (for recent history see also, {{Cite web | url=http://www.finra.org/investors/nyse-nasdaq-and-get-know-uss-stock-exchanges-part-1 | title=NYSE, Nasdaq and...? Get to Know the U.S.'s Stock Exchanges, Part 1 | publisher=] | date=August 17, 2016 | access-date=8 January 2019 | archive-date=7 May 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507200444/http://www.finra.org/investors/nyse-nasdaq-and-get-know-uss-stock-exchanges-part-1 | url-status=dead }}, and {{Cite web |url=http://www.finra.org/investors/get-know-uss-major-stock-exchanges-part-2 |title=Get to Know the U.S.'s Major Stock Exchanges, Part 2 |publisher=] |date=August 17, 2016 |access-date=8 January 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507200442/http://www.finra.org/investors/get-know-uss-major-stock-exchanges-part-2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2019, a group of financial corporations announced plans to open a members owned exchange, ], an ownership structure similar to the mutual organizations of earlier exchanges.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/wall-street-firms-plan-new-exchange-to-challenge-nyse-nasdaq-11546866121 | title=Wall Street Firms Plan New Exchange to Challenge NYSE, Nasdaq | last=Osipovich | first=Alexander | work=] | date=January 7, 2019 | url-access=subscription | access-date=8 January 2019 | archive-date=9 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109012044/https://www.wsj.com/articles/wall-street-firms-plan-new-exchange-to-challenge-nyse-nasdaq-11546866121 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Reuters1-19/>

== Stock market capitalization ranking ==
'''Top ten traditional stock exchanges by total market capitalization (as of July 2024)'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2024 |title=The largest stock exchanges in the world |url=https://capital.com/markets/shares/largest-stock-exchanges |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=capital.com |language=en}}</ref>
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==Other types of exchanges== ==Other types of exchanges==
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The New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan is the world's largest stock exchange per total market capitalization of its listed companies.

A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments. Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for the issue and redemption of such securities and instruments and capital events including the payment of income and dividends. Securities traded on a stock exchange include stock issued by listed companies, unit trusts, derivatives, pooled investment products and bonds. Stock exchanges often function as "continuous auction" markets with buyers and sellers consummating transactions via open outcry at a central location such as the floor of the exchange or by using an electronic system to process financial transactions.

To be able to trade a security on a particular stock exchange, the security must be listed there. Usually, there is a central location for record keeping, but trade is increasingly less linked to a physical place as modern markets use electronic communication networks, which give them advantages of increased speed and reduced cost of transactions. Trade on an exchange is restricted to brokers who are members of the exchange. In recent years, various other trading venues such as electronic communication networks, alternative trading systems and "dark pools" have taken much of the trading activity away from traditional stock exchanges.

Initial public offerings of stocks and bonds to investors is done in the primary market and subsequent trading is done in the secondary market. A stock exchange is often the most important component of a stock market. Supply and demand in stock markets are driven by various factors that, as in all free markets, affect the price of stocks (see stock valuation).

There is usually no obligation for stock to be issued through the stock exchange itself, nor must stock be subsequently traded on an exchange. Such trading may be off exchange or over-the-counter. This is the usual way that derivatives and bonds are traded. Increasingly, stock exchanges are part of a global securities market. Stock exchanges also serve an economic function in providing liquidity to shareholders in providing an efficient means of disposing of shares. In recent years, as the ease and speed of exchanging stocks over digital platforms has increased, volatility in the day-to-day market has increased, too.

History

The beginnings of lending were in Italy in the late Middle Ages. In the 14th century, Venetian lenders would carry slates with information on the various issues for sale and meet with clients, much like a broker does today. Venetian merchants introduced the principle of exchanging debts between moneylenders; a lender looking to unload a high-risk, high-interest loan might exchange it for a different loan with another lender. These lenders also bought government debt issues. As the natural evolution of their business continued, the lenders began to sell debt issues to the first individual investors. The Venetians were the leaders in the field and the first to start trading securities from other governments, yet did not embark on private trade with India. Nor did the Italians connect on land with the Chinese Silk Road. Along the potential overland trade route, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II repulsed advances by Mongol Batu Kahn (Golden Horde) in 1241. There is little consensus among scholars as to when corporate stock was first traded. Some view the key event as the Dutch East India Company's founding in 1602, while others point to much earlier developments (Bruges, Antwerp in 1531 and in Lyon in 1548). The first book in history of securities exchange, the Confusion of Confusions, was written by the Dutch-Jewish trader Joseph de la Vega and the Amsterdam Stock Exchange is often considered the oldest "modern" securities market in the world. On the other hand, economist Ulrike Malmendier of the University of California at Berkeley argues that a share market existed as far back as ancient Rome, that derives from Etruscan "Argentari". In the Roman Republic, which existed for centuries before the Empire was founded, there were societates publicanorum, organizations of contractors or leaseholders who performed temple-building and other services for the government. One such service was the feeding of geese on the Capitoline Hill as a reward to the birds after their honking warned of a Gallic invasion in 390 B.C. Participants in such organizations had partes or shares, a concept mentioned various times by the statesman and orator Cicero. In one speech, Cicero mentions "shares that had a very high price at the time". Such evidence, in Malmendier's view, suggests the instruments were tradable, with fluctuating values based on an organization's success. The societas declined into obscurity in the time of the emperors, as most of their services were taken over by direct agents of the state.

Tradable bonds as a commonly used type of security were a more recent innovation, spearheaded by the Italian city-states of the late medieval and early Renaissance periods.

A 17th-century engraving depicting the Amsterdam Stock Exchange

Joseph de la Vega, also known as Joseph Penso de la Vega and by other variations of his name, was an Amsterdam trader from a Spanish Jewish family and a prolific writer as well as a successful businessman in 17th-century Amsterdam. His 1688 book Confusion of Confusions explained the workings of the city's stock market. It was the earliest book about stock trading and inner workings of a stock market, taking the form of a dialogue between a merchant, a shareholder and a philosopher, the book described a market that was sophisticated but also prone to excesses, and de la Vega offered advice to his readers on such topics as the unpredictability of market shifts and the importance of patience in investment.

London Stock Exchange in 1810

In England, the Dutch King William III sought to modernize the kingdom's finances to pay for its wars, and thus the first government bonds were issued in 1693 and the Bank of England was set up the following year. Soon thereafter, English joint-stock companies began going public.

London's first stockbrokers, however, were barred from the old commercial center known as the Royal Exchange, reportedly because of their rude manners. Instead, the new trade was conducted from coffee houses along Exchange Alley. By 1698, a broker named John Castaing, operating out of Jonathan's Coffee House, was posting regular lists of stock and commodity prices. Those lists mark the beginning of the London Stock Exchange.

18th century

One of history's greatest financial bubbles occurred around 1720. At the center of it were the South Sea Company, set up in 1711 to conduct English trade with South America, and the Mississippi Company, focused on commerce with France's Louisiana colony and touted by transplanted Scottish financier John Law, who was acting in effect as France's central banker. Investors snapped up shares in both, and whatever else was available. In 1720, at the height of the mania, there was even an offering of "a company for carrying out an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is".

By the end of that same year, share prices had started collapsing, as it became clear that expectations of imminent wealth from the Americas were overblown. In London, Parliament passed the Bubble Act, which stated that only royally chartered companies could issue public shares. In Paris, Law was stripped of office and fled the country. Stock trading was more limited and subdued in subsequent decades. Yet the market survived, and by the 1790s shares were being traded in the young United States. On May 17, 1792, the New York Stock Exchange opened under a Platanus occidentalis (buttonwood tree) in New York City, as 24 stockbrokers signed the Buttonwood Agreement, agreeing to trade five securities under that buttonwood tree.

19th century onwards

The New Oriental Bank and Share Market, Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1875 acting as Bombay Stock Exchange

Bombay Stock Exchange was started by Premchand Roychand in 1875. While BSE Limited is now synonymous with Dalal Street, it was not always so. In the 1850s, five stock brokers gathered together under a Banyan tree in front of Mumbai Town Hall, where Horniman Circle is now situated. A decade later, the brokers moved their location to another leafy setting, this time under banyan trees at the junction of Meadows Street and what was then called Esplanade Road, now Mahatma Gandhi Road. With a rapid increase in the number of brokers, they had to shift places repeatedly. At last, in 1874, the brokers found a permanent location, the one that they could call their own. The brokers group became an official organization known as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association" in 1875.

The Bombay Stock Exchange continued to operate out of a building near the Town Hall until 1928. The present site near Horniman Circle was acquired by the exchange in 1928, and a building was constructed and occupied in 1930. The street on which the site is located came to be called Dalal Street in Hindi (meaning "Broker Street") due to the location of the exchange.

On 31 August 1957, the BSE became the first stock exchange to be recognized by the Indian Government under the Securities Contracts Regulation Act. Construction of the present building, the Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers at Dalal Street, Fort area, began in the late 1970s and was completed and occupied by the BSE in 1980. Initially named the BSE Towers, the name of the building was changed soon after occupation, in memory of Sir Phiroze Jamshedji Jeejeebhoy, chairman of the BSE since 1966, following his death.

In 1986, the BSE developed the S&P BSE SENSEX index, giving the BSE a means to measure the overall performance of the exchange. In 2000, the BSE used this index to open its derivatives market, trading S&P BSE SENSEX futures contracts. The development of S&P BSE SENSEX options along with equity derivatives followed in 2001 and 2002, expanding the BSE's trading platform.

Historically an open outcry floor trading exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange switched to an electronic trading system developed by Cmc ltd. in 1995. It took the exchange only 50 days to make this transition. This automated, screen-based trading platform called BSE On-Line Trading (BOLT) had a capacity of 8 million orders per day. Now BSE has raised capital by issuing shares and as on 3 May 2017 the BSE share which is traded in NSE only closed with ₹999.

Roles

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New York Stock Exchange in New York City, US, is the largest stock exchange in the world.
Nasdaq in New York City, US, is the second-largest stock exchange in the world.
Shanghai Stock Exchange in Shanghai, China, is third-largest stock exchange in the world.
Registered building of Euronext in Amsterdam, Netherlands, for the European Union is the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world.
Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Japan, is the fifth-largest stock exchange in the world and second-largest in Asia.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange in Shenzhen, China, is the seventh-largest stock exchange in the world, fourth-largest in Asia and second-largest in China.
London Stock Exchange in London, UK, is the eighth-largest stock exchange in the world, largest non-EU European Stock Exchange and second largest in Europe.
Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai, India, is the ninth-largest stock exchange in the world, oldest and fifth-largest in Asia, largest in India. It is the fastest stock exchange in the world.
National Stock Exchange in Mumbai, India, is the tenth-largest stock exchange in the world, sixth-largest in Asia and second-largest in India.
Australian Securities Exchange in Sydney, Australia, is the largest stock exchange in Oceania.
B3 in São Paulo, Brazil, is the largest stock exchange in South America.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Johannesburg, South Africa, is the largest stock exchange in Africa.

Stock exchanges have multiple roles in the economy. This may include the following:

Raising capital for businesses

Besides the borrowing capacity provided to an individual or firm by the banking system, in the form of credit or a loan, a stock exchange provides companies with the facility to raise capital for expansion through selling shares to the investing public.

Capital intensive companies, particularly high tech companies, typically need to raise high volumes of capital in their early stages. For this reason, the public market provided by the stock exchanges has been one of the most important funding sources for many capital intensive startups. In the 1990s and early 2000s, hi-tech listed companies experienced a boom and bust in the world's major stock exchanges. Since then, it has been much more demanding for the high-tech entrepreneur to take his/her company public, unless either the company is already generating sales and earnings, or the company has demonstrated credibility and potential from successful outcomes: clinical trials, market research, patent registrations, etc. This shift in market expectations has led to an increased reliance on private equity and venture capital funding in the early stages of high-tech companies. This is quite different from the situation of the 1990s to early-2000s period, when a number of companies (particularly Internet boom and biotechnology companies) went public in the most prominent stock exchanges around the world in the total absence of sales, earnings, or any type of well-documented promising outcome. Though it is not as common, it still happens that highly speculative and financially unpredictable hi-tech startups are listed for the first time in a major stock exchange. Additionally, there are smaller, specialized entry markets for these kind of companies with stock indexes tracking their performance (examples include the Alternext, CAC Small, SDAX, TecDAX).

Alternatives to stock exchanges for raising capital

Alternative investment funds refer to funds that include hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, angel funds, real estate, commodities, collectibles, structured products, etc. Alternative investment funds are an alternative to traditional investment options (stocks, bonds, and cash).

Research and Development limited partnerships

Companies have also raised significant amounts of capital through R&D limited partnerships. Tax law changes that were enacted in 1987 in the United States changed the tax deductibility of investments in R&D limited partnerships. In order for a partnership to be of interest to investors today, the cash on cash return must be high enough to entice investors.

Venture capital

A general source of capital for startup companies has been venture capital. This source remains largely available today, but the maximum statistical amount that the venture company firms in aggregate will invest in any one company is not limitless (it was approximately $15 million in 2001 for a biotechnology company).

Corporate partners

Another alternative source of cash for a private company is a corporate partner, usually an established multinational company, which provides capital for the smaller company in return for marketing rights, patent rights, or equity. Corporate partnerships have been used successfully in a large number of cases.

Mobilizing savings for investment

When people draw their savings and invest in shares (through an initial public offering or the seasoned equity offering of an already listed company), it usually leads to rational allocation of resources because funds, which could have been consumed, or kept in idle deposits with banks, are mobilized and redirected to help companies' management boards finance their organizations. This may promote business activity with benefits for several economic sectors such as agriculture, commerce and industry, resulting in stronger economic growth and higher productivity levels of firms.

Facilitating acquisitions

Companies view acquisitions as an opportunity to expand product lines, increase distribution channels, hedge against volatility, increase their market share, or acquire other necessary business assets. A takeover bid or mergers and acquisitions through the stock market is one of the simplest and most common ways for a company to grow by acquisition or fusion.

Facilitating company growth

By going public and listing on a stock exchange, companies gain access to a broader pool of investors, which can provide the necessary funds for expansion, research and development, and other growth initiatives. Additionally, being listed on a stock exchange enhances a company's visibility and credibility, making it more attractive to potential partners, customers, and employees. According to a report by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), stock exchanges contribute to economic growth by enabling companies to access long-term capital, thereby fostering innovation and job creation.

Redistribution of wealth

While stock exchanges are not designed to be platforms for the redistribution of wealth, they play a significant role in allowing both casual and professional stock investors to partake in the wealth generated by profitable businesses. This is achieved through the distribution of dividends and the potential for stock price increases leading to capital gains. As a result, individuals who invest in stocks have the opportunity to share in the prosperity of successful companies, effectively participating in a form of wealth redistribution through their investment activities. Thus, while not the primary purpose of stock exchanges, the opportunity for individuals to benefit from the success of businesses can be seen as a form of wealth redistribution within the financial markets.

Profit sharing

Both casual and professional stock investors, as large as institutional investors or as small as an ordinary middle-class family, through dividends and stock price increases that may result in capital gains, share in the wealth of profitable businesses. Unprofitable and troubled businesses may result in capital losses for shareholders.

Corporate governance

By having a wide and varied scope of owners, companies generally tend to improve management standards and efficiency to satisfy the demands of these shareholders and the more stringent rules for public corporations imposed by public stock exchanges and the government. This improvement can be attributed in some cases to the price mechanism exerted through shares of stock, wherein the price of the stock falls when management is considered poor (making the firm vulnerable to a takeover by new management) or rises when management is doing well (making the firm less vulnerable to a takeover). In addition, publicly listed shares are subject to greater transparency so that investors can make informed decisions about a purchase. Consequently, it is alleged that public companies (companies that are owned by shareholders who are members of the general public and trade shares on public exchanges) tend to have better management records than privately held companies (those companies where shares are not publicly traded, often owned by the company founders, their families and heirs, or otherwise by a small group of investors).

Despite this claim, some well-documented cases are known where it is alleged that there has been considerable slippage in corporate governance on the part of some public companies, particularly in the cases of accounting scandals. The policies that led to the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s and the subprime mortgage crisis in 2007–08 are also examples of corporate mismanagement. The mismanagement of companies such as Pets.com (2000), Enron (2001), One.Tel (2001), Sunbeam Products (2001), Webvan (2001), Adelphia Communications Corporation (2002), MCI WorldCom (2002), Parmalat (2003), American International Group (2008), Bear Stearns (2008), Lehman Brothers (2008), General Motors (2009) and Satyam Computer Services (2009) all received plenty of media attention.

Many banks and companies worldwide utilize securities identification numbers (ISIN) to identify, uniquely, their stocks, bonds and other securities. Adding an ISIN code helps to distinctly identify securities and the ISIN system is used worldwide by funds, companies, and governments.

However, when poor financial, ethical or managerial records become public, stock investors tend to lose money as the stock and the company tend to lose value. In the stock exchanges, shareholders of underperforming firms are often penalized by significant share price decline, and they tend as well to dismiss incompetent management teams.

Creating investment opportunities for small investors

As opposed to other businesses that require huge capital outlay, investing in shares is open to both the large and small stock investors as minimum investment amounts are minimal. Therefore, the stock exchange provides the opportunity for small investors to own shares of the same companies as large investors.

Government capital-raising for development projects

Governments at various levels may decide to borrow money to finance infrastructure projects such as sewage and water treatment works or housing estates by selling another category of securities known as bonds. These bonds can be raised through the stock exchange whereby members of the public buy them, thus loaning money to the government. The issuance of such bonds can obviate, in the short term, direct taxation of citizens to finance development—though by securing such bonds with the full faith and credit of the government instead of with collateral, the government must eventually tax citizens or otherwise raise additional funds to make any regular coupon payments and refund the principal when the bonds mature.

Barometer of the economy

At the stock exchange, share prices rise and decreases depending, largely, on economic forces. Share prices tend to rise or remain stable when companies and the economy in general show signs of stability and growth. A recession, depression, or financial crisis could eventually lead to a stock market crash. Therefore, the movement of share prices and in general of the stock indexes can be an indicator of the general trend in the economy.

Employment opportunities

Stock exchanges offer employment opportunities to various individuals such as jobbers and other members who perform activities within the stock exchange. This makes the stock exchange a source of employment, not only for investors but also for the members and their employees. The diverse range of roles within the stock exchange, including trading, analysis, compliance, and administrative functions, creates an ecosystem of employment opportunities that support the operations and functions of the exchange. Additionally, the stock exchange's role in facilitating capital formation and investment in businesses also indirectly contributes to job creation and economic growth, making it a significant player in the employment landscape.

Regulation of companies

The stock exchange plays a role in regulating companies by exerting a significant influence on their management practices. To be listed on a stock exchange, a company is required to adhere to a set of rules and regulations established by the exchange itself. These regulations serve as a framework for corporate governance, financial transparency, and accountability, thereby ensuring that listed companies operate in a manner that is conducive to investor confidence and market stability. By imposing these standards, stock exchanges contribute to the overall integrity and reliability of the financial markets, fostering an environment where companies are held accountable for their actions and decisions, ultimately benefiting both investors and the broader economy.

Listing requirements

Each stock exchange imposes its own listing requirements upon companies that want to be listed on that exchange. Such conditions may include minimum number of shares outstanding, minimum market capitalization, and minimum annual income.

Examples of listing requirements

The listing requirements imposed by some stock exchanges include:

  • New York Stock Exchange: the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) requires a company to have issued at least 1.1 million shares of stock worth $40 million and must have earned more than $10 million over the last three years.
  • NASDAQ Stock Exchange: NASDAQ requires a company to have issued at least 1.25 million shares of stock worth at least $70 million and must have earned more than $11 million over the last three years.
  • London Stock Exchange: the main market of the London Stock Exchange requires a minimum market capitalization (£700,000), three years of audited financial statements, minimum public float (25%) and sufficient working capital for at least 12 months from the date of listing.
  • Bombay Stock Exchange: Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) requires a minimum market capitalization of ₹250 million (US$2.9 million) and minimum public float equivalent to ₹100 million (US$1.2 million).
  • The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE): To be eligible for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange SSE, a company must meet certain criteria such as minimum market capitalization, a minimum net profit, and a minimum number of shareholders. Also, the company’s total share capital must not be less than RMB 30 million. Companies must also submit financial reports and undergo a review by the CSRC.
  • Australian Securities Exchange in Sydney: Australia Securities Exchange in Sydney requires a company to meet the Profit Test by demonstrating either of the following: A$1 million aggregated profit from continuing operations over the past 3 years or A$500,000 consolidated profit from continuing operations over the last 12 months. Alternatively, a company can meet the Assets Test by fulfilling one of the following criteria: A$4 million net tangible assets or A$15 million market capitalization.

Ownership

Stock exchanges originated as mutual organizations, owned by its member stockbrokers. However, the major stock exchanges have demutualized, where the members sell their shares in an initial public offering. In this way the mutual organization becomes a corporation, with shares that are listed on a stock exchange. Examples are Australian Securities Exchange (1998), Euronext (merged with New York Stock Exchange), NASDAQ (2002), Bursa Malaysia (2004), the New York Stock Exchange (2005), Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, and the São Paulo Stock Exchange (2007).

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange can be characterized as quasi-state institutions insofar as they were created by government bodies in China and their leading personnel are directly appointed by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

Another example is Tashkent Stock Exchange established in 1994, three years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, mainly state-owned but has a form of a public corporation (joint-stock company). Korea Exchange (KRX) owns 25% less one share of the Tashkent Stock Exchange.

In 2018, there were 15 licensed stock exchanges in the United States, of which 13 actively traded securities. All of these exchanges were owned by three publicly traded multinational companies, Intercontinental Exchange, Nasdaq, Inc., and Cboe Global Markets, except one, IEX. In 2019, a group of financial corporations announced plans to open a members owned exchange, MEMX, an ownership structure similar to the mutual organizations of earlier exchanges.

Stock market capitalization ranking

Top ten traditional stock exchanges by total market capitalization (as of July 2024)

Rank Stock exchange Country Market capitalization

July 2024

(in billions of dollars)

1 NYSE United States 25,241
2 Nasdaq United States 20,577
3 Shanghai Stock Exchange China 6,263
4 Euronext France 6,263
5 Japan Exchange Group (Tokyo Stock Exchange) Japan 5,752
6 Shenzhen Stock Exchange China 4,382
7 Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing China 4,104
8 National Stock Exchange of India India 3,586
9 LSE Group London Stock Exchange United Kingdom 3,423
10 Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) Saudi Arabia 3,055

Other types of exchanges

In the 19th century, exchanges were opened to trade forward contracts on commodities. Exchange traded forward contracts are called futures contracts. These commodity markets later started offering future contracts on other products, such as interest rates and shares, as well as options contracts. They are now generally known as futures exchanges.

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