World's markets

	Main bourses UTC DST         No The day starts here, in Japan. (Nikkei)       Australia               (Hang-Seng)             -1 Deutsche Börse (DAX)     -1 Euronext Paris (CAC40)     -1 Paneuropean bourse: OM Eurex Euronext     -1 The London Exchange (Footsie)     -1       -1 The day ends here after the close                   Check the World Federation of Exchanges	Consolidation in Europe? 2003-July/August  CFO Europe.com Finance.wat.ch

Some stats

Geographic distribution Shares Number of companies listed Options & Futures   Debt Volume Derivatives (Currencies & Commodities)  volumes in millions of contracts North-America 8 100 1 013 667 252 South-America 1 002 103 51 19 Europe, Africa, Middle-East 11 726 1 055 653 78 Asia, Pacific   17 735 2 025 80 21           Total World (2002) 38 563 4 196 1 450 370

10 largest bourses for shares Market cap in million USD pc of total NYSE 9 015270 21 Tokyo 2 069 299 5 Nasdaq 1 994 494 5 London 1 800 658 4 Euronext 1 538 654 4 Deutsche Börse 685 013 2 Torronto 570 223 1 Swiss exchanges 547 020 1 Italy 447 075 1 Hong Kong 463 055 1 Total World (2002) 43 225 363

Some stats on options and futures

As this last table demonstrates, basing a judgment on volume can be misleading. See the classification difference between the volumes traded in equities and futures vs. actual premiums volumes.
The WFE does not provide all data, but I prefer (in any case) a Dollar weighted stat: that's where the money is!

10 largest bourses for debt   Volumes Eurex 447 Chicago Merc 308 CBOT 268 Euronext 200 Mex Deriv 84 BM&F 51 SFE 32 Singapore 22 Korea 13 Tokyo 7 Total World (2002) 1 450 In million contracts

10 largest bourses for currencies and commodities Volumes Nymex/Comex 134 CBOT 67 LME 59 Chicago Merc 32 NYBOT 20 BM&F 19 Zhengshou 18 Tel-Aviv 12 Euonext 6 JSE South Africa 2 Total World (2002) 371 In million contracts

10 largest bourses for equities and indexes Volumes   Korea 1.933 Euronext 491 Eurex 354 CBOE 268 Chicago Merc 218 Amex 183 ISE (all electronic) 152 Bovespa 91 Philly SE/BOT 89 PacificEx 85 Total World (2002) 4 196 In million contracts

10 largest bourses for equities and indexes Total premiums traded Eurex 164 161 CBOE 151 861 Euronext 82 006 ISE (all electronic) 32 640 Osaka 9 546 Australian 4 970 Stockholm 3 063 Spanish Exchanges 2 384 Bovespa 2 269 Hong Kong 1 564 Total World (2002) 456 054 In million USD premiums

An organization as the London Bullion Market Association is not a bourse, hence not in the listings of the WFE. Hence, on some markets, the data of the WFE can be misleading, example, this chart of the average daily volume of the gold contracts on the Comex and the LBMA. [Current LBMA Clearing Charts]