 the bm&f bovespa (; in full, bolsa de valores, mercadorias & futuros de sÃ£o paulo) is a stock exchange located at sÃ£o paulo, brazil. as of december 31, 2011 it had a market capitalization of us $1.22 trillion, making it in the 13th largest stock exchange in the world. on may 8, 2008, the sÃ£o paulo stock exchange (bovespa) and the brazilian mercantile and futures exchange (bm&f) merged, creating bm&fbovespa.bm&f bovespa: about us the benchmark indicator of bm&fbovespa is the Ãndice bovespa. there were 381 companies traded at bovespa as of april 30, 2008.bovespa: market capitalization on may 20, 2008 the ibovespa index reached its 10th consecutive record mark closing at 73,516 points, with a traded volume of usd 4.2 billion or r$ 7.4 billion,bm&f bovespa: ibovespa closes may 20 at 73,516 points and in august 17, 2011 the ibovespa made its biggest traded volume in its history, with a volume of usd 14.8 billion or r$ 23.7 billion. bm&fbovespa also has offices in new york, shanghai and london. ==history==  founded on august 23, 1890 by emilio rangel pestana, the "bolsa de valores de sÃ£o paulo" (sÃ£o paulo stock exchange, in english) has had a long history of services provided to the stock market and the brazilian economy. until the mid-1960s, bovespa and the other brazilian stock markets were state-owned companies, tied with the secr
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