2010 was a good year for stock market world wide. Most of them are in positive territory and growth except for those country that affected by economic crisis such as Greece.
The following table shows world’s largest stock exchange in terms of market capitalization as of 31st December 2010.
Bursa Malaysia retain its 24th position since Q3 2010 with 24% increase in market capitalization.
| No | Stock Exchange | Market Capitalization (billion USD) | % 1 Year Change (local cur.) | No of Listed Companies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | Foreign | Total | ||||
| 1 | NYSE Euronext (US) | 13394.08 | 13.15 | 1804 | 513 | 2317 |
| 2 | NASDAQ OMX | 3889.37 | 20.06 | 2480 | 298 | 2778 |
| 3 | Tokyo SE Group | 3827.77 | 0.87 | 2280 | 12 | 2292 |
| 4 | London SE Group | 3613.06 | 11.88 | 2362 | 604 | 2966 |
| 5 | NYSE Euronext (Europe) | 2930.07 | 9.21 | 983 | 152 | 1135 |
| 6 | Shanghai SE | 2716.47 | -3.06 | 894 | 0 | 894 |
| 7 | Hong Kong Exchanges | 2711.32 | 17.92 | 1396 | 17 | 1413 |
| 8 | TSX Group | 2170.43 | 22.68 | 3654 | 87 | 3741 |
| 9 | Bombay SE | 1631.83 | 20.01 | 5034 | 0 | 5034 |
| 10 | National Stock Exchange India | 1596.63 | 25.26 | 1551 | 1 | 1552 |
| 11 | BM&FBOVESPA | 1545.57 | 10.06 | 373 | 8 | 381 |
| 12 | Australian SE | 1454.49 | 1.13 | 1913 | 86 | 1999 |
| 13 | Deutsche Börse | 1429.72 | 18.31 | 690 | 75 | 765 |
| 14 | Shenzhen SE | 1311.37 | 45.77 | 1169 | 0 | 1169 |
| 15 | SIX Swiss Exchange | 1229.36 | 4.11 | 246 | 50 | 296 |
| 16 | BME Spanish Exchanges | 1171.62 | -12.66 | 3310 | 35 | 3345 |
| 17 | Korea Exchange | 1091.91 | 27.51 | 1781 | 17 | 1798 |
| 18 | NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange | 1042.15 | 36.38 | 752 | 2 | 754 |
| 19 | MICEX | 949.15 | 29.81 | 245 | 0 | 245 |
| 20 | Johannesburg SE | 925.01 | 4.01 | 352 | 45 | 397 |
| 21 | Taiwan SE Corp. | 818.49 | 13.22 | 752 | 32 | 784 |
| 22 | Singapore Exchange | 647.23 | 22.72 | 461 | 317 | 778 |
| 23 | Mexican Exchange | 454.35 | 21.93 | 130 | 297 | 427 |
| 24 | Bursa Malaysia | 408.69 | 27.26 | 948 | 8 | 956 |
| 25 | Indonesia SE | 360.39 | 60.80 | 420 | 0 | 420 |
| 26 | Saudi Stock Market – Tadawul | 353.41 | 10.86 | 146 | 0 | 146 |
| 27 | Santiago SE | 341.80 | 36.66 | 227 | 4 | 231 |
| 28 | Istanbul SE | 307.05 | 34.72 | 338 | 1 | 339 |
| 29 | Oslo Børs | 295.29 | 30.75 | 195 | 44 | 239 |
| 30 | The Stock Exchange of Thailand | 277.73 | 41.91 | 541 | 0 | 541 |
| 31 | Osaka SE | 271.82 | 71.19 | 1272 | 1 | 1273 |
| 32 | Tel Aviv SE | 227.61 | 12.75 | 596 | 17 | 613 |
| 33 | Colombia SE | 208.50 | 39.45 | 84 | 2 | 86 |
| 34 | Warsaw SE | 190.23 | 30.10 | 569 | 15 | 584 |
| 35 | Philippine SE | 157.32 | 72.65 | 251 | 2 | 253 |
| 36 | Wiener Börse | 126.03 | 18.15 | 89 | 21 | 110 |
| 37 | Lima SE | 103.35 | 40.10 | 199 | 49 | 248 |
| 38 | Luxembourg SE | 101.13 | 2.95 | 29 | 260 | 289 |
| 39 | Tehran SE | 86.64 | 53.02 | 369 | 0 | 369 |
| 40 | Egyptian Exchange | 84.28 | -2.20 | 227 | 1 | 228 |
| 41 | Athens Exchange | 67.59 | -35.83 | 277 | 3 | 280 |
| 42 | Buenos Aires SE | 63.91 | 45.99 | 101 | 5 | 106 |
| 43 | Irish SE | 60.37 | 5.33 | 50 | 9 | 59 |
| 44 | Amman SE | 30.86 | -2.97 | 277 | 0 | 277 |
| 45 | Budapest SE | 27.71 | 1.62 | 48 | 4 | 52 |
| 46 | Colombo SE | 19.92 | 102.40 | 241 | 0 | 241 |
| 47 | Ljubljana SE | 9.38 | -17.35 | 72 | 0 | 72 |
| 48 | Mauritius SE | 7.75 | 17.01 | 62 | 1 | 63 |
| 49 | Cyprus SE | 6.83 | -28.82 | 110 | 0 | 110 |
| 50 | Malta SE | 4.19 | 9.91 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 51 | Bermuda SE | 1.53 | 12.85 | 14 | 31 | 45 |