Global Stock Market Indices - 2025

 

In Common, Stock exchanges operate in about 90 countries worldwide. Of these, more than 250 Stock Exchanges are recognized and regulated. Some Developed and Emerging countries have more than one Stock Exchanges.

Global stock markets are generally classified into regions such as North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia.

Around 58,000 to 60,000 companies are listed on stock exchanges worldwide. Most of these companies are listed on Asia-Pacific region stock exchanges. The combined Global Market Cap across all exchanges is valued to be USD 110 - 115 Trillion.

Based on 2024 data (Market capitalization), the US stock exchanges are in the lead. The value of the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE), which was founded in 1792, is about 28 trillion US dollars (July 2024). The NASDAQ Stock Exchange, like the others, is worth around 26.62 trillion US dollars. In third place is the Shanghai Stock Exchange of China with about 7 trillion US dollars. The Japanese stock market is in fourth place with 6.5 trillion US dollars and the Hong Kong stock market and China's Shenzhen stock exchange are in fifth place with 5.5 trillion US dollars.

The Indian Equity markets, with the National Stock Exchange, are 5.1 trillion and the Mumbai stock exchange is valued around 4.6 trillion dollars. In every stock market worldwide, major market indices(Index) are defined to reflect the market economy of the particular country. 

For example, BSE Sensex in the Bombay Stock Exchange, Nifty 50 index in the National Stock Exchange(NSE), Nasdaq, Dow Jones and S&P 500 of the United States, Shanghai Composite(SSE, SZSE) of China, Nikkei of Japan, and FTSE of London Stock Exchange.

There are countless such major indices for the markets of every country in the world. We have seen these from time to time online, while browsing for the Market Data. But do we know which country's indices they are OR do we want to know? 

Data Source: Investing.com, Tradingeconomics.com and Yahoo Finance

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