Lahore Stock Exchange or LSE was formed in 1970 and it initially had 83 members. Now LSE has 152 members and 519 listed companies. The expansion process of Lahore Stock Exchange not only ends here, but it goes on as it has opened branches in Faisalabad and Sialkot for trading.
The most interesting thing about Lahore Stock Exchange is that it is the first ever stock exchange in Pakistan to use electronic transactions system or trading can be done through internet.

As for now, 50% of Lahore Stock Exchange tradings are done through internet. Brokers have their online accounts and people can easily trade through them. Not only this, online stock quotes are also available on the internet.

The NASDAQ stock market live stream is also available to iPhone and Blackberry users. NASDAQ NY live stream airs 24 hour live programs. Even though trading is done for certain time period during the day, still NASDAQ NY live broadcasts summary of the whole day.

Also during the day, NASDAQ NY live broadcast has certain news programs which cover the overall activities of the market. They provide with recommendations and future expected trends that the market might follow.

So, new traders can benefit a lot by watching NASDAQ NY live 0nline broadcast right here.

It is said that Karachi Stock Exchange is the biggest and most liquid stock exchange in Pakistan. This can be proved by the fact that it was declared as the best performing stock market of the world back in year 2002.

However, due to the recent situation, which is a result of events over the past years, Karachi Stock Exchange has experienced a big downturn. Global financial crises has also affected KSE performance a lot. So much so, that trading remained suspended for 4 months in the year 2008.
On the other hand, foreign buying interest had been very active in KSE. This was mainly due to the elections that took place and stocks were expected to remain cold. But KSE reached a 15000 point mark.

In all, KSE works on an electronic quote system. Therefore stock quotes are even available online. And now you can trade in Karachi Stock Exchange simply through web.

NASDAQ is also famous because it is an exchange which has over 3800 companies listed with it and also has more trading volume (per hour) than any stock exchange world wide.

NASDAQ was founded by in 1971 National Association of Securities Dealers and is currently operated by NASDAQ OMX Group. NASDAQ began trading in 1971 and at that point of time it was the world’s first ever electronic stock market. Initially, it was just a computerized bulletin trade system which failed to connect buyers and sellers. Later NASDAQ helped the conditions by lowering the prices or bringing them down to a negotiable level so that trading could actually take place.

Over the years, the NASDAQ became more of an actual market or trading platform. This was due to added trade volume and improved automated trading system.
In short, NASDAQ quotes are available in three levels;

• Level 1: which shows the highest and lowest quote offer
• Level 2: which shows all public offers
• Level 3: which is actually used by market marketers which allows to give their quote.

KRX or Korea Exchange came into being after the Korea Stock & Futures Exchange Act was passed. All previous markets which dealt with stock, futures and securities now operate under and are a division of of KRX.

It is also reported that Korea Exchange has over 1700 listed companies local and international and their combine capital amounts to over $1.1 trillion.
Core features of Korea Exchange KRX include:

• Stocks
• Bonds
• Exchange trade funds of ETFs
• Real Estate Investment Trusts or REITs
• KOSTAR Futures
• KOSPI 200 Index Futures
• KOSPI 200 Single Stock Futures
• MSB Futures
• Gold Futures
• Lean Hog Futures

In all, Korea Exchange is has a wide variety of trade options and highly active in its trade.

JSE, currently the 16th largest stock exchange in the world is located at the heart of South Africa. As of now, JSE is planning to create a sort of Pan-African exchange by allowing traders to initially trade in shares from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Ghana. JSE also has plans to expand across Africa later.

For someone who is not aware of what JSE is, well, it is a market where securities can be traded under a regulated or defined legal procedure. This stock exchange is not just a trading platform, but it also entertains investors by giving them profits on their investments in the form of dividends.

In all, there is only one stock exchange, JSE, in the whole of South Africa, which has one honorary committee and elected stockbroking members who are an essential part of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Located at the heart of London; Paternoster Square which is close to St Paul’s Cathedral, LSE has four core features. One of them is Equity Markets. This basically allows companies across the world to raise capital. And under this category, there are four sub-categories which LSE accounts;

• Main Market
• Alternative Investment Market (AIM)
• Professinal Securities MArket (PSM)
• Specialist Fund Makrket (SFM)

Apart from this, another core feature of LSE is its trading services. The highly active market which offers a wide varitey of trade options such as securities, which include UK and international equities, ETFs or Exchange Traded Funds, ETCs or Exchange Traded Commodoties and contracts for difference or CFDs.

More over, core feature of LSE include Information services. It is extremely efficient when it comes to providing real time prices, news and other financial updates to local as well as global financial community.

Last but not the least; Derivates. One of the major contributors to the global derivatives business is EDX London. It was created in 2003 with the primary purpose to bring derivatives and cash equity markets closer.

Located at Dalal Street, Mumbai, India, Bombay Stock Exchange has over 4700 listed companies and is now considered as the 12th largest Stock Exchange in the world.
Bombay Stock Exchange without any doubt has a significant trading volume. The market index used in India and Asia is the ‘BSE 30′ or BSE Index. In other words, it is the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index. And although many stock exchanges are operating in India, the Bombay Stock Exchange along with the National Stock Exchange of India account for the most number of share trading volume in India.

In all, the BSE Index was developed in 1986 and since then, trading of securities, market derivaties and futures contracts have reached to new heights. And as of now, the Bombvay Stock Exchange is an electronic trading platform which entertains a number of investors on daily basis.

Currently, Toronto Stock Exchange or TSX is located in Canada’s biggest city; Toronto and is owned as well as operated by TMX group. A wide range of businesses from Canada, United States and Europe along with various equities are represented in Toronto Stock Exchange.

To be specific, most of the mining and oil and gas sector companies are listed in Toronto Stock Exchange which makes it a leader for such sectors among world stock exchanges.

Along with oil and gas sector, Toronto Stock Exchange also entertains the banking sector which includes the Canada’s big five banks. These big five banks are;

• CIBC
• Bank of Montreal
• Bank of Nova Scotia
• Royal Bank of Canada
• Toronto Dominion Bank

Toronto Stock Exchange is also said to be the primary listing for various energy companies which inlcude:

• Cameco Corporation
• Nexen Inc.
• Imperial Oil Ltd.
• Canadian Natural Resources
• Canadian Oil Sands Trust
• Husky Energy Inc.

In all, Toronto Stock Exchange is a very busy trading platform to be at. It has strong and stable companies in its list and it is tough for a trader to miss a trading day at Toronto Stock Exchange

Located at 11 Wall Street in lower Manhattan, New York Stock Exchange has undoubtedly proved to be one of the largest financial platforms in the world. As of October last year, the total capitalization of domestically listed NYSE companies amounted to approx. US $10.1 trillion.

Not only New York Stock Exchange is the largest financial trading platform but it also one of the oldest stock trading places. In May 1792, 24 stock brokers signed the Buttonwood Agreement after which the NYSE came into being. Its trading magnitude can also be judged by its other name; ‘the big board‘.

If you are still not clear about what New York Stock Exchange is, then to put it the most simplest form; it is a place where traders trade shares of stock public companies listed in stock exchange. And if you are really interested in trading shares directly, you should acquire a ‘seat’ from the 1366 available.

In all, New York Stock Exchange is great online stock trading platform from which you can benefit in a number of ways.