6. Deutsche Borse: $2.74 trillion share trades
Deutsche Borse AG is a marketplace organiser for the trading of shares and other securities. It also is a transaction services provider. It gives companies and investors access to global capital markets.
Deutsche Borse was founded in 1992. The headquarters are in Frankfurt, Germany.
More than 3,200 employees of the exchange serve customers in Europe, the US and Asia. Deutsche Borse has locations in Germany,
Luxembourg, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Spain, as well as representative offices in London, Paris, Chicago, New York, Hong Kong, and Dubai.
FWB Frankfurter Wertpapierborse (Frankfurt Stock Exchange), is one of the world's largest trading centers for securities. With a share in turnover of around 90 per cent, it is the largest of the German stock exchanges.
Deutsche Borse AG operates the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
In 2001, Deutsche Börse tried to merge with the London Stock Exchange, followed in 2006 by a takeover bid, both rejected by LSE.
Image: The bull statue is seen outside of the Germany's Stock Exchange in Frankfurt. | Photograph: Thomas Lohnes/AFP/Getty Images
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