What is a stock exchange?
9 July 2023 (Updated 27 April 2025)
In a nutshell
A stock exchange is a marketplace where stocks are bought and sold. Example stock exchanges include:
- The New York Stock Exchange
- NASDAQ
- London Stock Exchange
- Shanghai Stock Exchange
- EuroNext
Most nations have their own stock exchanges and regulatory bodies that regulate their activities.
The first known stock exchange was the London Stock Exchange which began in 1773 as a coffee house.
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Economics
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