Australian Securities Exchange
| ASX Limited
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| legal form | Public company (ASX: ASX.AX ) |
| ISIN | AU000000ASX7 |
| founding | 1987, company history until 1871 |
| Seat |
 Sydney , Australia
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| management | Maurice Newman, Chairman Robert Elstone, Management Director |
| Number of employees | 492 (June 2005) |
| sales | 279 700 000 AUD (30 June 2005) |
| Website | www.asx.com.au |
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) (formerly "Australian Stock Exchange") is the Australian securities exchange based in Sydney. The leading indices are the All Ordinaries , the S & P / ASX 50 and the S & P / ASX 200 .
The ASX was founded with six separate agencies in the cities of Sydney (1871), Hobart (1882), Melbourne (1884), Brisbane (1884), Adelaide (1887) and Perth (1889). In 1987 the merger took place, making the ASX the central trading center.
In December 2006, the name changed from Australian Stock Exchange ("ASX") to Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX").
The market capitalization of all companies listed on the Stock Exchange was in August 2017 1.417 billion US dollars , making it one of the 20 largest stock exchanges in the world by market capitalization.
The trading hours are on weekdays from 7:00 am to 10:00 am AEST in the PreMarket and normal trading is possible from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm AEST.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Worlds Stock Exchanges by Market Cap. Accessed March 7, 2018 (English).