Unsual images of stock exchanges

Stock exchanges are usually associated with men in suits moving trillions of dollars around, but there is more to bourses than just suits and hard cash.

Let's take a look at some unusual images of trading floors around the world.

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A phone hangs above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening of the market.

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A broker works inside a trading hall of Royal Bhutan stock exchange in Thimphu. Traders seeking a break from volatile global markets may want to head to Bhutan's bourse, where stocks are traded on just four computers - when they have not crashed - only twice a week.

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Actors dressed as elves, in a promotion for office supply retailer OfficeMax, walk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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A stock trader dressed as a woman poses at the German stock exchange in Frankfurt. Despite the crisis, Frankfurt's burse traders followed a long tradition to wear carnival costumes at Germany's carnival.

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Cebu Pacific airlines cabin crew perform a safety demonstration routine during a ceremony inside a trading floor of the stock exchange in Makati's financial district of Manila.

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Two signs showing two different escape routes are pictured at the Frankfurt stock exchange.

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A stock trader dressed as a chicken stands on the trading floor at the German stock exchange in Frankfurt.

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A usher stands at the trading floor of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in Lujiazui Financial Area in Shanghai.

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Actors Sylvester Stallone and Terry Crews, centre, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth leaves the London Stock Exchange building after her visit.

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A man reads a stock guidebook at a stock exchange in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province.

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Businessmen walk by the Tokyo Stock Exchange building.

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A cameraman takes pictures of the DAX Index board of the Frankfurt stock exchange.

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An investor makes a note on his hand at a stock exchange market in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province.

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A man uses binoculars as he monitors stock movements at a stock exchange in Shenyang, the capital of northeast China's Liaoning province.

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A view of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange building.

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An electronic display board shows the closing level of the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong.

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Traders at Madrid's Stock Exchange.

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A man looks at screens showing stock information at a brokerage house in Wuhan, Hubei province.

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A photographer passes by a giant screen at Warsaw's Stock Exchange.

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Traders work on the floor of the Barcelona's Stock Exchange.

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A man walks past a full green board signifying a mass drop in Taiwan stocks inside a brokerage in Taipei.

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Traders work on the main floor of BM&F stock exchange market in Sao Paulo.

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A clerk takes a break outside the lean hog pit of the Chicago Board of Trade.

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A light board shows the course development of the shares of German car manufacturer Volkswagen on a trading terminal at the German stock exchange in Frankfurt.

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The Bombay Stock Exchange building is reflected on a glass window as people look at a large screen displaying India's benchmark share index on the facade of the building in Mumbai.

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Traders react in the Euro Dollar pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

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A man leaves the Australian Stock Exchange building in Sydney.