The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) had become the world’s largest Stock Exchange (bourse) in terms of the number of trades in equity segment for the first 6 months of 2012.
As per the latest global ranking compiled by the WFE (World Federation of Exchanges), a total of 7,35,474 trades took place in the equity segment of NSE during January to June 2012, making it the world's largest exchange on this parameter.
NSE was followed by NYSE Euronext & Nasdaq OMX at the IInd and the 3rd positions.
NYSE Euronext recorded a total of 7,34,154 trades,
Nasdaq was close behind with 7,11,779 trades in their respective equity segments during the same period.
The other major Indian Stock Exchange, BSE , recorded a total of 1,87,824 trades during this period in its equity segment. While the total number of listed companies is much larger in case of the BSE, the exchange lags behind NSE significantly in terms of volume & value of trades.
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