Sunday, July 5, 2009

WORLD FEDERATION OF EXCHANGES(WFE)


The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), formerly FIBV - Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs (International Federation of Stock Exchanges), is an international organization for securities and derivative markets such as stock exchanges.WEF is the trade association of 51 publicly regulated stock, futures and options exchanges. The market operators of WEF are responsible for the functioning of key components in the financial world. WFE exchanges are home to over 46,000 listed companies, as of 30 September 2008.
At the end of 2008:
1)The total market capitalization listed companies was over USD 33 trillion.
2) Over USD 113 trillion were traded on WFE stock exchanges.
3) More than 17 billion future and option contracts were transparently traded on-exchange, with proper post trade risk management and guarantees.
Click on the link http://www.world-exchanges.org/files/file/stats%20and%20charts/Market%20Highlights%202008.doc to have latest statistical information on the world market.

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