Major Stock Exchanges of World | List of Share Markets

Major Stock Exchanges of World Name, Country, List:  Stock exchange is a form of exchange which provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Securities traded on a stock exchange include shares issued by companies, unit trusts, derivatives, pooled investment products and bonds.

International Stock Markets:
BBC Global 30: World stock market index of 30 of the largest companies by stock market value in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA) - provides investment results generally equivalent to publicly traded securities in the European, Australasian and Far Eastern markets. Maintained by Morgan Stanley Capital International.
MSCI World - free-float weighted equity index. Index includes stocks of all the developed markets. Common benchmark for world stock funds.
S&P Global 1200 - global stocks index covering 31 countries and around 70 percent of global market capitalization.
United States:

Dow Jones Indexes - leading global index provider.
NASDAQ - broad market index of all of the common stocks and similar securities traded on the NASDAQ stock market.
NYSE - covers all common stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
S&P 500 - stock market index containing the stocks of 500 Large-Cap corporations. Comprises over 70% of the total market cap of all stocks traded in the U.S. Owned by Standard & Poor's.

Egypt
Case 30 - index of the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchange; includes the top 30 companies in terms of liquidity and activity.
Asia and Pacific
S&P ASIA 50
China
SSE Composite - index of all listed stocks (A shares and B shares) at Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Hong Kong
Hang Seng Indexes - record daily changes of the largest companies of the Hong Kong stock market (represent about 67% of capitalization of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange).
India
BSE SENSEX 30 - includes the 30 largest and most actively traded stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Nifty - index for 50 large companies on the National Stock Exchange of India.
Japan
Nikkei 225 - stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Malaysia
FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index
Pakistan
KSE 100 - index acting as a benchmark to compare prices on the Karachi Stock Exchange.
Singapore
ST Index
South Korea
KOSPI - index of all common shares on the Korean Stock Exchanges.
Taiwan
TSEC - capitalization-weighted index of all listed common shares traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
Canada
S&P/TSX Composite - index of the stock prices of the largest companies on Toronto Stock Exchange.
Europe
Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 - free-float market capitalization-weighted index of 50 Eurozone stocks. Provides a blue-chip representation of Supersector leaders in the Eurozone.
FTSEurofirst 300 Index - free-float capitalization-weighted price index. Measures the performance of Europe's largest 300 companies by market capitalization. Covers 70% of Europe's market cap.
S&P Europe 350 - free float market cap weighted index. Covers at least 70% of European equity market capitalization.
Belgium
BEL20
France
CAC 40 - contains 40 stocks selected among the top 100 market capitalisation and the most active stocks listed on Euronext Paris.
Germany
DAX - measures the performance of the Prime Standard’s 30 largest German companies in terms of order book volume and market capitalization.
Russia
MICEX Index - capital-weighted price index of the 30 major and most liquid Russian stocks traded at the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange.
RTS Index - index of 50 Russian stocks traded on the RTS Stock Exchange.
United Kingdom
FTSE 100 Index (Financial Times Stock Exchange Index) - capitalization-weighted index of the 100 most highly capitalized companies traded on the London Stock Exchange.