Amsterdam Stock Exchange

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Amsterdam Stock Exchange

This entry is on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange before it merged into Euronext
Euronext

Euronext Naamloze Vennootschap is a pan-European stock exchange based in Paris and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal and the United Kingdom....
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The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the former name for the stock exchange

Stock exchange

A stock exchange, securities exchange or bourse is a corporation or mutual organization which provides "trading" facilities for stock brokers and trader s, to trade stocks and other security ....
based in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the Capital of the Netherlands and List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands of North Holland in the west of the country....
. It merged on 22 September 2000 with the Brussels Stock Exchange

Brussels Stock Exchange

The Brussels Stock Exchange was founded in Brussels, Belgium by Napoleon I of France decree in 1801. On September 22, 2000, the BSE merged with Paris Bourse, Lisbon Stock Exchange and the stock exchanges of Amsterdam Stock Exchange, to form Euronext N.V., the first pan-European exchange for equities and derivative , with common trading an...
and the Paris Stock Exchange to form Euronext

Euronext

Euronext Naamloze Vennootschap is a pan-European stock exchange based in Paris and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal and the United Kingdom....
, and is now known as Euronext Amsterdam.

Amsterdam Stock Exchange is considered the oldest in the world.

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The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the former name for the stock exchange

Stock exchange

Amsterdam

Brussels Stock Exchange

Euronext

History

The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is considered the oldest in the world. It was established in 1602 by the Dutch East India Company

Dutch East India Company

The Dutch East India Company was a trading company, which was established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia....
(Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, or "VOC") for dealings in its printed stock

STOCK

Software for fixed assets management and stock control developed in 2004. Stocktaking process is carried using a hand-held mobile terminal equipped with barcode reader or RFID technology....
s and bonds

Bond (finance)

In finance, a bond is a debt security , in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and, depending on the terms of the bond, is obliged to pay interest and/or to repay the principal at a later date, termed Maturity ....
. It was subsequently renamed the Amsterdam Bourse and was the first to formally begin trading in securities

Security (finance)

A security is a fungible, negotiable instrument representing financial value. Securities are broadly categorized into debt securities , and stock securities; e.g., common stocks....
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The European Option Exchange (EOE) was founded in 1978 in Amsterdam as a futures

Futures

Futures may mean:...
and options exchange. In 1983 it started a stock market index

Stock market index

A stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the stock market. Many indices are cited by news or financial services firms and are used to benchmark the performance of portfolios such as mutual funds....
, called the EOE index, consisting of the 25 largest companies that trade on the stock exchange. In 1997 the Amsterdam Stock Exchange and the EOE merged, and its blue chip index was renamed AEX

AEX index

The AEX index, derived from Amsterdam Exchange index, is a stock market index composed of Netherlands companies that trade on Amsterdam Stock Exchange, formerly known as the Amsterdam Stock Exchange....
, for "Amsterdam EXchange". It is now managed by Euronext Amsterdam.

The former Stock Exchange building was the Beurs van Berlage

Beurs van Berlage

The Beurs van Berlage is a building on the Damrak, in the center of Amsterdam. It was designed as a commodity markets by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and constructed between 1896 and 1903....
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The in the world, issued by the Dutch East India Company, 1606.