NASDAQ

Actually called as NASDAQ OMX as managed by the OMX Group of US

As of 31
st
December, 2013, there are 2,637 listings with a market capitalization of USD
6.09 trillion

NASDAQ has a pre-market session from 7:00am to 9:30am, a normal trading session
from 9:30am to 4:00pm and a post-market session from 4:00pm to 8:00pm

Developed in 1971 as the first electronic stock exchange in the world, it is even today the
largest electronic screen-based equity securities trading market in the United States and
second-largest by market capitalization in the world.

The NASDAQ Composite (started on 5
th
February, 1971 with a base level of 100 points)
is the benchmark index of NASDAQ which is the stock market index of the common
stocks and similar securities listed on the NASDAQ stock market, meaning that it has
over 3,000 components.
NYSE EuroNext
The origin of the NYSE can be traced to May 17, 1792, when the Buttonwood Agreement was signed by
24 New York City stock brokers and merchants outside of 68 Wall Street in New York under a buttonwood
tree on Wall Street.

On March 8, 1817, the organization drafted a constitution and renamed itself the "New York Stock &
Exchange Board."

It is the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its 2371 listed companies at USD
17.95 trillion as of 31
st
December, 2013.

The NYSE is open for trading from Monday to Friday between 9:30 am to 4:00 pm with the exception of
holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.

The S&P 500 is the benchmark index of this exchange which is a free-float capitalization-weighted
index (published since March 4, 1957 with a base level of 100 points) of the prices of 500 large-cap
common stocks actively traded in the United States.
Toronto Stock Exchange
On October 25, 1861, 24 men gathered at the Masonic Hall to officially create the Toronto Stock
Exchange. The exchange was formally incorporated by an act of the Legislative Assembly of
Ontario in 1878.

Toronto Stock Exchange (now TSX & formerly TSE) is the largest stock exchange in Canada,
the third largest in North America and the eighth largest in the world by market capitalization.

As on 31
st
December, 2013, the market capitalization of TSX was USD 2.11 trillion with 3886
listings.

On February 9, 2011, the London Stock Exchange announced that they had agreed to merge
with the TMX Group, Toronto Stock Exchange's parent, hoping to create a combined entity with
a market capitalization of USD 5.9 trillion ( 3.7 trillion).

The exchange has a normal trading session from 09:30 am to 04:00 pm and a post-market
session from 04:15 pm to 05:00 pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.

The S&P/TSX Composite Index is the benchmark index of the stock (equity) prices of the
largest companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) as measured by market capitalization.
London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange Group PLC is a company founded in 1801

The Exchange is the most international of all the worlds stock exchanges, with around 3,000
companies from over 70 countries admitted to trading on its markets and as of 31
st
December,
2013, the Exchange had 2736 listings and a market capitalization of USD 4.43 trillion, making it
the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement and the largest in Europe.

Normal trading sessions are from 08:00 to 16:30 every day of the week except Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.

The FTSE 100 Index, also called FTSE 100, FTSE or informally, the Footsie is a share index of
the 100 most highly capitalized UK companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.

The index began on January 3, 1984 with a base level of 1000 points and is calculated on real
time basis and published every 15 seconds
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Founded in 1585 and located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is the world's ninth largest stock exchange by
market capitalization which was USD 1.94 trillion as on 31
st
December, 2013 with
720 listed companies.

Automatic Xetra trading runs from 09:00 to 17:30 with closing auction from 17:30-
17:35 and floor brokers' trading times are from 8:00 to 20:00.

The DAX (Deutscher Aktien IndeX) is the benchmark index of the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange which is a blue chip stock market index consisting of the 30 major
German companies trading on the exchange.

The Base date for the DAX is 30 December, 1987 and it was started from a base
value of 1,000. The Xetra system calculates the index after every 1 second since
January 1, 2006.


Paris Stock Exchange
Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which
merged with the Amsterdam, Lisbon and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form
Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the UK's London Stock
Exchange. It now belongs to the NYSE Euronext group, the first global stock exchange

As on 31
st
December, 2013, Euronext Paris had a USD 3.58 trillion total market capitalization
of its 1062 listed companies making it the worlds fifth largest stock exchange.

All products are traded electronically on the NSC (Nouveau Systme de Cotation) trading
system adopted by all of the Euronext members. Cash settlement is on a trading cycle of T+3
with trading hours from 9 am to 5:30 pm from Monday to Friday.

As on 31
st
December, 2013, Euronext Paris had a USD 3.58 trillion total market capitalization
of its 1062 listed companies making it the worlds fifth largest stock exchange

The CAC 40 is the benchmark French stock market index. The index represents
a capitalization-weighted measure of the 40 most significant values among the
100 highest market caps on the Paris Bourse (now Euronext Paris).

Its base value of 1,000 was set on 31st December, 1987.
Tokyo Stock Exchange
The Tokyo Stock Exchange or TSE for short, is located in Tokyo, Japan and is the third largest
stock exchange in the world by aggregate market capitalization of its listed companies.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange had 3419 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of
USD 4.54 trillion as of 31
st
December, 2013 with its operating hours from 9:00 to 11:30 am and
from 12:30 to 3:00 pm.

The main indices tracking the TSE are the Nikkei 225 index of companies selected by the Nihon
Keizai Shimbun (Japan's largest business newspaper) and the TOPIX (Tokyo Stock Price Index)
index based on the share prices of First Section companies.

The Nikkei 225 began to be calculated daily from September 7, 1950 and since January 2010, the
index is updated every 15 seconds during trading sessions.

The TOPIX is calculated and published by the TSE. As of February 1, 2011, there are 1,669
companies listed on the First Section of the TSE and the market value for the index was JPY 197.4
trillion.
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Hong Kong. It is Asia's 2
nd

largest stock exchange in terms of market capitalization behind the Tokyo Stock Exchange
and 6
th
largest in the world.

As of 31
st
December, 2013, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange had 1643 listed companies
with a combined market capitalization of USD 3.1 trillion.

The benchmark index of HKEX is the Hang Seng Index which is a free float adjusted market
capitalization-weighted stock market index.

Starting from 7th March, 2011, the HKEX has extended its trading hours. In the first stage, it
was 09.30-12.00 and 13.30-16.00. In the second stage, from 5th March, 2012, the
afternoon trade has changed to 13.00-16.00.