European Stock Exchanges

The Belgrade Stock Exchange, known locally as the Beogradska Berza (BB) was founded in 1894 after the King of Serbia Milan M. Obrenović proclaimed the Stock exchange law of 1886.

Borsa Istanbul (BIST) was formed from the merger of the Istanbul Stock Exchange, Istanbul Gold Exchange, and the Turkish Derivatives Exchange.

The Hungarian Stock Exchange, the ancestor of today’s Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) started its operation on 18 January 1864 in Pest on the banks of the Danube.

The Paris Stock Exchange, historically known as the Paris Bourse or the Bourse de Paris, is the largest exchange in France.

Belgium has a very old stock market history and is the birthplace of the “Bourse” concept: in the thirteenth century, merchants used to gather in the house of “Van den Bürse”, a family in the city of Bruges, in the northwest of the country, to

Prague Stock Exchange (PSE) is the largest and oldest organiser of the securities market in the Czech Republic and was established in 1871. Initially both securities and commodities were traded.

The ZSE was established in 1991 as the successor of "Zagreb Stock Exchange for the goods and values" which was co-founded by Samuel David Alexander in 1907. The exchange market operated steadily until it was closed in 1911.

The Sarajevo Stock Exchange (SASE) was founded in September 2001 as a joint-stock company by eight brokerage houses from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Banja Luka Stock Exchange or BLSE operates in the city of Banja Luka in the Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. BLSE was founded in 2001.

The Cyprus Stock Exchange was established as a legal entity in the form of a public corporate body under the Cyprus Securities and Stock Exchange Laws and Regulations which provide for the development of the securities market in Cyprus and wer