The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (German: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, FWB) is the world's 12th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. Located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is owned and operated by Deutsche Börse (FWB: DB1), which also owns the European futures exchange Eurex and the clearing company Clearstream.
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange accounts for over 90 percent of the turnover in the German market and ...
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The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (German: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, FWB) is the world's 12th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. Located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is owned and operated by Deutsche Börse (FWB: DB1), which also owns the European futures exchange Eurex and the clearing company Clearstream.
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange accounts for over 90 percent of the turnover in the German market and a very large share of the European market. In 2010, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange agreed to move to abolish floor trading and completed this transition in May 2011. Today, trading takes place exclusively via the Xetra system, with redundant floor brokers taking on the role of market-makers on the new platform.
More than 14 international exchanges have adopted Xetra (including the Vienna Stock Exchange in 1999, the Irish Stock Exchange in 2000 and the Budapest Stock Exchange in 2003). Approximately 47% of the 300 market participants in Frankfurt...
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