- 24 hour market
- Sunday 5pm EST through Friday 4pm EST. Rollover at 5pm EST
- Trading begins in New Zealand, followed by Austraila , Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and America
Size
- Largest market in the world
- $1.9 trillion average daily turnover , equivalent to:
- More than 10 times the average daily turnover of global equilty markets
- 40 times the average daily turnover of the NYSE 2
- $300 a day for every man , woman, and child on earth
- An annual turnover more than 10 times world GDP 3
- The Spot market accounts for about one-third of daily turnover
- About $1.76 billion - World Federation of Exchanges aggregate 2004
- About $46 billion - NYSE 2004
- About $36 trillion - World Bank 2003
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