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World Federation of Exchanges
www.world-exchanges.org
The WFE is the trade organisation for regulated securities and derivatives markets world-wide. As well as information on its activities and purpose, there is information on its members including links to their Web sites.

Federation of European Securities Exchanges www.fese.be

Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges www.feas.org

South Asian Federation of Exchanges www.safe-asia.com

Federacion Iberoamericana de Bolsas de Valores www.fiabnet.org

List of stock exchanges en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stock_exchanges
List of the stock exchanges around the world with links to more detailed information by continent.

List of stock market indices en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stock_market_indices
Stock market indices world-wide listed by region, country and industry.

Google Finance www.google.co.uk/finance, www.google.com/finance
Google Finance is much improved since its launch and is becoming a serious competitor to Yahoo Finance. The share price graphs are annotated with events and official announcements that relate to the company and the historical share price data goes back further than Yahoo's.

Yahoo Finance uk.finance.yahoo.com
This is the URL for the UK and Ireland version of Yahoo Finance. Links to other Yahoos across the world are listed towards the bottom of the page. Many, though, are in the local language with no English alternative. Historical prices going back five years, if available, are provided in tabular format in addition to charts. Data can be downloaded in spreadsheet format.

International resources

Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com
Well known amongst larger corporations for its subscription services, Bloomberg also offers a free current share price service for some markets. The main Bloomberg home page has links to pages covering Asia, Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America, Spain and the UK.

Financial Times www.ft.com
The Markets section provides equity data from the World's major stock exchanges. Search by company name or symbol.

Gold Stock Center www.goldstockcenter.com
This is a comprehensive portal concentrating on gold stocks and gold investment in the major markets. There are links to up to date news, companies, share price information (current and historical), gold prices (historical, current and forecasts) and a good selection of links to key resources such as the The World Gold Council.

Gold-stocks.com www.gold-stocks.com
Charts, quotes, news, articles, newsletters and information on gold mining companies.

Reuters www.reuters.com
Provides subscription based services but this site also gives free current share prices for stocks in most of the major markets across the world.

Thomson Corporation www.thomson.com
The Thomson range of priced services include DataStream which offers current and historical information on equities, market indices, interest rates, exchange rates.

Wikinvest www.wikinvest.com
Founded by Michael Sha and Parker Conrad, Wikinvest started with a heavy US bias but its worldwide coverage is growing. On the Companies page you can browse by industry sector or search by company name.The WikiCharts use quotes provided by Thomson Financial and are delayed at 15-20 minutes. They go back to 1981 and you can use the slider on the top time line to focus in on a a particular time period. The main chart can be annotated so that key events are superimposed on the graph, making it easy to see how an event or announcement may have affected the share price. As it is a wiki content depends on the interests of the volunteer contributors.

By country

Europe

London Stock Exchange www.londonstockexchange.com
Provides access to the Regulatory News Service (RNS) and share price information. There are links to AIM (Alternative Investment Market) and EDX London (Equity Derivatives Exchange).

London Metal Exchange www.lme.co.uk

Big Charts bigcharts.com
Click on the Global link underneath the Enter Symbol/Keywords option near the top of the page. As well as delayed current share price information, single daily historical quotes are available. If you use the Java chart option, you can display the share price for a stock on one or more dates by moving your mouse cursor along the share price line.

DASH - Directors and Shareholders online www.bvdep.com
DASH is a comprehensive database of UK companies, directors and shareholders and the links between them. Reports are included for 3.2 million companies (1.3 million of which are primary records), 5.3 million directors (3 million of which are primary records) and 2.6 million shareholders. There is also information on 490,000 unincorporated businesses, 1 million contacts such as sales manager or purchasing supervisor plus 300,000 branch addresses for companies. Priced service - free trial available.

Finance Yahoo uk.finance.yahoo.com
Provides access to UK listed company share prices, stock market indices and latest financial and business news from Reuters and the Press Association. Also covers the major European exchanges. Historical prices going back five years, if available, are provided in tabular format in addition to charts. Data can be downloaded in spreadsheet format.

Financial Times www.ft.com
The Markets section provides access to 20 minute delayed UK share prices.

Hemmington-Scott www.hemscott.net
Excellent free source of information on UK listed companies as well as news from AFX and the RNs, details of Directors' share dealings, in depth financial information on over 2300 quoted companies, and company REFS (Really Essential Financial Statistics). Some detailed information is priced.

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