List of European stock exchanges - wikipedia List of European stock exchanges A satellite composite image of Europe This is a list of European stock exchanges. Paternoster Square ; the London Stock Exchange occupies the building that takes up much of the right side of this picture. The London Stock Exchange is the only global stock exchange in Europe, it is located in the City of London in the United Kingdom. As of December 2014, the Exchange had a market capitalization of US $6.06 trillion ( short scale ), making it the third - largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement ( the largest in Europe, ahead of Euronext ). The Exchange was founded in 1801 and its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul 's Cathedral in the City of London. The Exchange is part of the London Stock Exchange Group. Also, there are two major pan-European stock exchanges : Euronext, which is headquartered in Amsterdam and was formed from stock exchanges in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Portugal and is the second - largest stock market in Europe. OMX, which is composed of Scandinavian and Baltic stock exchanges : Nordic Market, composed of bourses in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland with activity in Norway and the Faroe Islands ; Baltic Market, composed of bourses in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ; First North, an alternative exchange based in Stockholm, Sweden. Subsequent to global and pan-European stock exchanges there exists regional stock exchange companies, such as the Deutsche Börse Group of Germany. Contents 1 List 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links List This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. With data - sort - type Economy Exchange Location Founded Listings Technology Operating MIC Albania Tirana Stock Exchange Tirana XTIR Armenia Armenian Stock Exchange Yerevan 2001 12 XARM Austria Wiener Börse Vienna 1771 99 XWBO Azerbaijan Baku Stock Exchange Baku 2000 BSEX Belarus Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange Minsk 1998 BCSE Belgium Euronext Brussels Brussels 1801 213 UTP XBRU Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Stock Exchange Sarajevo 2001 XSSE Banja Luka Stock Exchange Banja Luka 2001 XBLB Bulgaria Bulgarian Stock Exchange Sofia 1914 XBUL Channel Islands The International Stock Exchange Guernsey 2013 2000 XCIE Croatia Zagreb Stock Exchange Zagreb 1991 XZAG Cyprus Cyprus Stock Exchange Nicosia XCYS Czech Republic Prague Stock Exchange Prague 1993 29 XPRA Denmark Copenhagen Stock Exchange Copenhagen 1620 172 Genium XCSE Estonia Tallinn Stock Exchange Tallinn 1994 XTAL Euronext Amsterdam 2000 1154 Faroe Islands Faroese Securities Market Tórshavn VMFX Finland Helsinki Stock Exchange Helsinki 1912 130 Genium XHEL France Euronext Paris ( ESE ) European Stock Exchange Paris 1724 1301 UTP XPAR MATIF ( Euronext ) Paris 1986 XMAT / XPAR Georgia Georgian Stock Exchange Tbilisi 1999 261 XGSE Caufex Electronic Commodities and Derivatives Financial Exchange Tbilisi 2009 192 Not Registered Germany Berliner Börse Berlin 1685 XBER Boerse Duesseldorf Duesseldorf XDUS Hamburg Stock Exchange Hamburg / Hanover 1558 XHAM / XHAN Börse München München 1830 XMUN Börse Stuttgart Stuttgart 1861 Xitaro XSTU Deutsche Börse Group Frankfurt 1992 XETR / XFRA Eurex Exchange Frankfurt 1998 XEUR Frankfurt Stock Exchange Frankfurt 1585 492 XFRA Gibraltar Gibraltar Stock Exchange Gibraltar 2014 GSXL Greece Athens Stock Exchange Athens 1876 251 XATH Hungary Budapest Stock Exchange Budapest 1864 61 Xetra XBUD Iceland Iceland Stock Exchange Reykjavík 1985 11 Genium XICE Ireland Irish Stock Exchange Dublin 1793 XDUB Irish Enterprise Exchange Dublin 2005 XIEX Italy Borsa Italiana Milan 1808 Millenium XMIL Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Stock Exchange Almaty 1993 XKAZ Latvia Riga Stock Exchange Riga 1993 XRIS Lithuania Vilnius Stock Exchange Vilnius 1993 XLIT Luxembourg Luxembourg Stock Exchange Luxembourg ( city ) 1927 XLUX Macedonia Macedonian Stock Exchange Skopje 1995 XMAE Malta Malta Stock Exchange Valletta 1992 XMAL Moldova Moldova Stock Exchange Chişinău 1994 XMOL Montenegro Montenegro Stock Exchange Podgorica 1993 XMNX Netherlands Euronext Amsterdam Amsterdam 1602 UTP XAMS Norway Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo 1819 XOSL Norway OTC Oslo 1819 Poland Warsaw Stock Exchange Warsaw 1991 486 XWAR Portugal Euronext Lisbon Lisbon 1769 66 UTP XLIS OPEX Lisbon 2003 OPEX Romania Bucharest Stock Exchange Bucharest 1882 83 XBSE Sibiu Stock Exchange ( futures ) Sibiu 1997 BMFX Russia Moscow Exchange Moscow 2011 MISX Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange Saint Petersburg 1997 SPIM Serbia Belgrade Stock Exchange Belgrade 2003 66 XBEL Slovakia Bratislava Stock Exchange Bratislava 1991 XBRA Slovenia Ljubljana Stock Exchange Ljubljana 1989 61 XLJU Spain Bolsa de Valores de Barcelona Barcelona 1831 BMEX Bolsa de Valores de Bilbao Bilbao 1890 BMEX Bolsa de Madrid Madrid 1831 BMEX Mercado Oficial Español de Futuros y Opciones Madrid 1989 BMEX Bolsa de Valores de Valencia Valencia 1981 BMEX Sweden Nordic Growth Market Stockholm 2003 Elasticia XNGM Stockholm Stock Exchange Stockholm 1863 289 Genium XSTO Switzerland SIX Swiss Exchange Zürich 1850 XSWX Berne eXchange Bern 1888 XBRN Turkey Borsa Istanbul Istanbul 1866 417 XIST Ukraine PFTS Ukraine Stock Exchange Kiev 2002 PFTS Ukrainian Exchange Kiev 2008 XUAX United Kingdom London Stock Exchange London 1801 2800 Millenium XLON PLUS Markets Group ( closed ) London PLSX See also List of stock exchanges European Central Bank Federation of Euro - Asian Stock Exchanges Notes Jump up ^ PLUS Markets list all UK quoted and listed securities. References Jump up ^ World City ( 2013 ) World City, Doreen Massey http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745640594%7Cdate=2013%7Cpublisher=John Wiley & Sons External links Tirana Stock Exchange 's World Stock Exchange list Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Entry Standard segment Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange General Standard segment Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Prime Standard segment Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_European_stock_exchanges&oldid=797821090 '' Categories : Stock exchanges in Europe Lists of stock exchanges Economy of Europe Europe - related lists Hidden categories : Articles containing potentially dated statements from December 2014 All articles containing potentially dated statements Incomplete lists from August 2008 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Беларуская Чӑвашла Eesti Español Русский Shqip ไทย Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 29 August 2017, at 10 : 45. 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Question: what is the name of the principal stock exchange in the united kingdom (i.e. england)
Answer: The London Stock Exchange