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Stock Exchanges - Stock Quotes and Market Activity

This section contains a link to the major stock exchanges in North America and Europe. There is a listing resource and listing requirements for each stock exchange, along with a link to the exchange’s home page.

 

NYSE – NYSE Euronext, the holding company created by the combination of NYSE Group, Inc. and Euronext N.V., was launched on April 4, 2007. As the world’s leading and most liquid equities exchange group, NYSE Euronext powers the exchanging world and is comprised of equities and derivatives exchanges across the United States and Europe which trade cash equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products.

With more than 8,000 listed issues, NYSE Euronext is home to the world’s leading companies providing access to the global liquidity they need to collaborate, compete and grow.

• http://www.nyse.com/


• Information about listing: http://www.nyse.com/audience/listingonthenyse.html


• Listing Standards: http://www.nyse.com/regulation/nyse/1022221392369.html

NASDAQ – Nasdaq.com is the official website of The Nasdaq Stock Market, the largest US electronic stock market. With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business, including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks.

• http://www.nasdaq.com/


• Listing Resources: http://www.nasdaq.com/services/insidenasdaq.stm#resources


• Listing Standards and Fees: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/nasdaq_listing_req_fees.pdf

 

American Stock Exchange – NYSE Euronext (NYX), the world’s leading and most diverse exchange group, completed its acquisition of the American Stock Exchange® (Amex®), becoming the third-largest U.S. options marketplace and enhancing the company’s leadership in ETFs, cash equities, closed-end funds and structured products.

As a result, NYSE Euronext has begun to integrate amex.com content and data into the nyse.com website. Effective the close of business, Friday, January 16, 2009, amex.com will be phased out.

• http://www.nyse.com/attachment/amex_landing.htm


• Information about listing: http://www.nyse.com/audience/listingonthenyse.html


• Listing Standards: http://www.nyse.com/regulation/nyse/1022221392369.html

 

 

London Stock Exchange – The London Stock Exchange is at the heart of the global financial market and is home to some of the largest, most successful and dynamic companies in the world.
The Exchange has built on a long history of integrity, expertise and market knowledge to become the world’s most international stock exchange. In October 2007 the Exchange merged with Borsa Italiana, creating Europe’s leading diversified exchange business, London Stock Exchange Group.

• http://www.londonstockexchange.com/home/homepage.htm


• Listing requirements and information: http://www.londonstockexchange.com/companies-and-advisors/listing/thinkingoflisting.htm


• A guide to capital markets: http://www.londonstockexchange.com/companies-and-advisors/listing/markets/guide-to-capital-markets.pdf


• AIM – Alternative Investment Market – AIM is the most successful growth market in the world. Since its launch in 1995, over 3,000 companies from across the globe have chosen to join AIM. Powering the companies of tomorrow, AIM continues to help smaller and growing companies raise the capital they need for expansion. “http://www.londonstockexchange.com/companies-and-advisors/aim/aim/aim.htm”: http://www.londonstockexchange.com/companies-and-advisors/aim/aim/aim.htm

 

Toronto Stock Exchange – TMX Group operates Canada’s two national stock exchanges, Toronto Stock Exchange serving the senior equity market and TSX Venture Exchange serving the public venture equity market, Natural Gas Exchange (NGX), a leading North American exchange for the trading and clearing of natural gas and electricity contracts and Shorcan Brokers Limited, the country’s first fixed income interdealer broker. TMX Group also owns The Equicom Group Inc., a leading provider of investor relations and related corporate communication services in Canada. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and maintains offices in Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver.

• http://www.tmx.com/


• Listing requirements and information: http://www.tmx.com/en/listings/listing_with_us/index.html

 

Frankfurt Stock Exchange – The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Deutsche Börse) offers access to both the Regulated Market and the Regulated Unofficial Market (Open Market). The Regulated Unofficial Market is also referred to as the exchange regulated market because, as the name implies, it is regulated only by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange itself. Within the regulated market and the regulated unofficial market, there are four listing segments which serve the different needs of issuers and investors.

• http://gopubliceu.com/?gclid=CMvIsvDO6aICFQL7agodAUG27A

 

 

OTCBB – The OTC Bulletin Board® (OTCBB) is a regulated quotation service that displays real-time quotes, last-sale prices, and volume information in over-the-counter (OTC) equity securities. An OTC equity security generally is any equity that is not listed or traded on NASDAQ® or a national securities exchange. OTCBB securities include national, regional, and foreign equity issues, warrants, units, American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), and Direct Participation Programs (DPPs).

• http://www.otcbb.com/


• Listing requirements: http://www.otcbb.com/issuerinformation/issuerinfo.stm

 

Pink Over the Counter Markets (Pink Sheets) – Pink OTC Markets Inc. provides the leading inter-dealer electronic quotation and trading system in the over-the-counter (OTC) securities market. We create innovative technology and data solutions to efficiently connect market participants, improve price discovery, increase issuer disclosure, and better inform investors.

Pink OTC Markets operates the third largest U.S. equity trading venue which includes both the elite OTCQX market tiers for strong OTC-traded companies that can satisfy financial and disclosure listing standards and Pink Sheets for all other OTC quoted securities. Pink OTC Markets offers widespread access to all U.S. broker-dealers, enabling investors to seamlessly trade these securities through their institutional, online, or full service brokers.

Pink OTC Markets is headquartered in New York City.

• http://www.otcmarkets.com/
• Listing requirements: The OTC market is not a listed marketplace; therefore, companies cannot apply to be listed in the OTC market. To be quoted in the OTC market on Pink OTC Markets’ electronic quotation and trading system, at least one market maker who is a FINRA member must be willing to quote a company’s stock. A market maker must file a Form 211 with FINRA or meet one of the exemptions to SEC Rule 15c2-11 in order to begin quoting a new security. (http://www.otcmarkets.com/otcguide/index.jsp)