2. Tokyo Stock Exchange

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is the largest exchange in Japan and also number two behind the NYSE in terms of the more than $3 trillion in market capitalization. Around 2,000 firms are listed on the TSE. The exchange is believed to have first opened in 1878.The Nikkei 225 is the stock market index for the TSE.  Nikkei 225 is one of the primary and most popular indexes which represent some of the largest and most successful firms in Japan.  It has been calculated daily by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) newspaper.

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3. London Stock Exchange

 The London Stock Exchange is the third-largest stock exchange in the world and the largest in Europe, with an estimated $2.2 trillion in stock market capitalization from the companies listed on its exchange. The Exchange was founded in 1801 and is located in London, United Kingdom. The LSE considers itself the most international of global bourses, based on the fact that around 3,000 companies from various parts of the world trade on the LSE and its affiliated exchanges.

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