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Stock Exchanges Around The World

There are hundreds of stock exchanges around the world, including those in the U.S. However, many of those stock exchanges are small, or trade options or securities that are outside of our scope. So we currently have in our database stocks traded on 59 stock exchanges around the world, including 6 stock exchanges in the U.S.

As explained in our article what is a symbol, "symbols" around the world are not unique. So when referencing an international stock, you can't always just use a stock's symbol. For example, symbol "1722" is Misawa Homes on the Japanese stock market and Taiwan Fertlizer Co. on the Taiwanese stock market. So a system of referencing the stock exchange that a stock is traded on becomes important.

Unfortunately, there is not a universally accepted way to reference stock exchanges around the world, as there are several competing systems in place: 1) Every stock exchange has a four digit "MIC" under ISO 10383; or 2) Bloomberg, the most widely used professional data service, uses a two digit code to identify every stock exchange; or 3) Google Finance uses its own set of exchange codes;

ISO
MIC
CountryDescriptionBloomberg# of stocks
CodeComp.
Code
XASXAustraliaASX - ALL MARKETSATAU1,918
XWBOAustriaWIENER BOERSE AGAVAV54
VPXBBelgiumEURONEXT - VENTES PUBLIQUES BRUSSELS1
XBRUBelgiumEURONEXT - EURONEXT BRUSSELSBBBB118
BVMFBrazilB3 S.A. - BRASIL BOLSA BALCAOBZ351
XCNQCanadaCANADIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGECFCN512
XTSECanadaTORONTO STOCK EXCHANGECTCN809
XTSXCanadaTSX VENTURE EXCHANGECVCN1,060
XSHEChinaSHENZHEN STOCK EXCHANGECSCH2,388
XSHGChinaSHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGECGCH1,532
XPRACzech RepublicPRAGUE STOCK EXCHANGECKCP44
XCSEDenmarkNASDAQ COPENHAGEN A/SDCDC171
XTALEstoniaNASDAQ TALLINN ASETET32
XHELFinlandNASDAQ HELSINKI LTDFHFH161
ALXPFranceEURONEXT GROWTH PARISFP32
XMLIFranceEURONEXT ACCESS PARISFP1
XPARFranceEURONEXT - EURONEXT PARISFPFP370
XETRGermanyXETRAGYGR772
XFRAGermanyDEUTSCHE BOERSE AGGFGR11,251
XHKGHong KongHONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING LTDHKHK2,334
XICEIcelandNASDAQ ICELAND HF.IRIR29
XESMIrelandEURONEXT GROWTH DUBLINIR11
XMSMIrelandEURONEXT DUBLINIR17
XTAEIsraelTEL AVIV STOCK EXCHANGEITIT511
BGEMItalyBORSA ITALIANA GLOBAL EQUITY MARKETIM1,047
EXGMItalyEURONEXT GROWTH MILANIM226
MTAAItalyEURONEXT MILANIMIM206
MTAHItalyBORSA ITALIANA - TRADING AFTER HOURSIFIM602
XJPXJapanJAPAN EXCHANGE GROUPJTJP3,910
XRISLatviaNASDAQ RIGA ASLGLR11
XLITLithuaniaAB NASDAQ VILNIUSLHLH25
XMEXMexicoBOLSA MEXICANA DE VALORES (MEXICAN STOCK EXCHANGE)MFMM905
CCXENetherlandsCBOE EUROPE EQUITIES - EUROPEAN EQUITIES (NL)E2E22,000
XAMSNetherlandsEURONEXT - EURONEXT AMSTERDAMNANA130
MERKNorwayEURONEXT GROWTH - OSLONO22
XOASNorwayEURONEXT EXPAND OSLONO3
XOSLNorwayOSLO BORSNONO175
XWARPolandWARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE/EQUITIES/MAIN MARKETPWPW576
ENXLPortugalEURONEXT ACCESS LISBONPL1
XLISPortugalEURONEXT - EURONEXT LISBONPLPL35
XBSERomaniaSPOT REGULATED MARKET - BVBRERO19
MISXRussiaMOSCOW EXCHANGE - ALL MARKETSRXRM195
XSESSingaporeSINGAPORE EXCHANGESPSP251
XJSESouth AfricaJOHANNESBURG STOCK EXCHANGESJSJ259
XKRXSouth KoreaKOREA EXCHANGE (STOCK MARKET)KPKS2,363
GROWSpainBME GROWTH MARKETSM14
XLATSpainLATIBEXSM22
XMADSpainBOLSA DE MADRIDSNSM96
XSTOSwedenNASDAQ STOCKHOLM ABSSSS767
XSWXSwitzerlandSIX SWISS EXCHANGESESW263
XTAITaiwanTAIWAN STOCK EXCHANGETTTT917
BCXEUnited KingdomCBOE EUROPE EQUITIESIXIX2,735
XLONUnited KingdomLONDON STOCK EXCHANGELNLN5,151
ARCXUnited StatesNYSE ARCAUPUS5
BATSUnited StatesCBOE BZX U.S. EQUITIES EXCHANGEUFUS4
OTCMUnited StatesOTC LINK ATS - OTC MARKETSPQUS15,396
XASEUnited StatesNYSE MKT LLCUAUS258
XNASUnited StatesNASDAQ - ALL MARKETSURUS4,157
XNYSUnited StatesNEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.UNUS2,330