Largest Stock Exchanges in the World by Market Cap
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB) was founded in 1585 to fix currency rates, but in the following centuries it became considered as one of the first stock exchange’s in the world – alongside the London Stock Exchange and Paris Stock Exchange. It was only after World War II that the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was officially established as Germany’s leading stock exchange.
In 1993, ownership of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was transferred to the company Deutsche Bӧrse AG, which was also in talks to take over the London Stock Exchange. These talks fell through in 2005.
The market capitalisation of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was $2.22 trillion in March 2018, which places it as the tenth largest stock…
