5 Largest Stock Exchanges in the World

3. Shanghai Stock Exchange

Market Capitalization in billions: $7,265

Market Identifier Code (MIC): XSHG

The Shanghai Stock Exchange is China’s and Asia’s largest stock exchange. Like the Shenzhen stock exchange, all companies that are traded on this exchange are also domestic firms. The Shanghai Stock Exchange has a $7.2 trillion market capitalization with 2,174 listed firms. It was set up in 1990 and is headquartered in Shanghai. The largest companies on it are Chinese state owned firms, with one of the biggest of these being an alcoholic spirit producer.