BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JANUARY 15, 2001 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE Bourses Get the Urge to Merge Stock markets around the world are plotting ways to link up across borders or are starting new venues abroad. Their goal: to make global trading cheaper and easier--before the electronic networks beat them to it. Here are some stock exchanges and their market capitalizations, excluding investment funds: TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE **$842 billion NASDAQ $3.6 trillion NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE $11.1 trillion MEXICO STOCK EXCHANGE $128 billion SAO PAULO STOCK EXCHANGE $206 billion LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE $2.4 trillion TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE $3.4 trillion EURONEXT BRUSSELS *$157 billion FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE $1.2 trillion HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE $582 billion EURONEXT PARIS *$1.4 trillion NASDAQ JAPAN $8.5 billion EURONEXT AMSTERDAM *$615 billion SINGAPORE STOCK EXCHANGE $81 billion SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE $366 billion NEW ZEALAND STOCK EXCHANGE $17.5 billion * merged in Sept. 2000 ** Oct. 2000 DATA: INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF STOCK EXCHANGES, NOV. 2000 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS Global Bourses? Hold Your Horses (int'l edition) TABLE: Bourses Get the Urge to Merge A Common Market, but Not for Equities (int'l edition) ONLINE EXTRA: "European Regulation Today Is Totally Outdated" INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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