12. Ranking Of Top 20 International Stock Exchanges By Number Of Companies Listed As At 30 April 1997. RANK STOCK EXCHANGE N0. OF COMPANIES LISTED 1. Nasdaq 5,541 2. London 2,972 3. New York 2,513 4. Germany 2,174 5. Tokyo 1,848 6. Toronto 1,352 7. Australian 1,193 8. Paris 866 9. Korea 763 9. American # 751 11. Tel-Aviv 651 12 Kuala Lumpur 637 13 JOHANNESBURG 620 14. Hong Kong 601 15. Rio De Janeiro 582 16. Sao Paulo 556 17. Thailand 454 18. Switzerland 431 19. Taiwan 389 20. Madrid 370 *The following exchanges have been excluded, due to double listings: Osaka Montreal Vancouver Barcelona *The ranking of the JSE has been effected by the inclusion of the following Stock Exchanges in to the FIBV statistics: *Athens *Phillipines *Lima *Irish *Lisbon #Statistics not available for April 1997, March 1997 statistics have been used.
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11 June 1997