The total worth of the world's leading stock exchanges has reached $64 trillion according to data announced by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). International markets have increased their market value by 5.6 percent to $63.5 trillion, while the market value of American stock exchanges increased by 7 percent from $28.3 trillion to $30.3 trillion. The stock exchanges in the Asian-Pacific region were more successful in terms of increasing market values, with a 13.8 percent increase that reached $21.8 trillion. Additionally, stock exchanges in Europe, Africa and the Middle East saw an increase of around 8.7 percent to $12.2 trillion.
The New York Stock Exchange preserved its place as the stock exchange that has the highest market value among all other stock exchanges. Its value increased by 7.8 percent from $17.9 trillion to $19.4 trillion in 2014, exceeding the total market value of European, African and Middle Eastern stock exchanges worth approximately around $12 trillion. The New York Stock Exchange's market value is now almost close to the Asian-Pacific stock exchanges' market value, which is around $21 trillion. While Nasdaq OMX's market value increased by 14.7 percent and reached $7 trillion in 2014, Japan Exchange Group's value dropped by 3.6 percent to $4.4 trillion. The Shanghai Stock Exchange is worth $4 trillion with a sharp increase by 57.5 percent. The Euronext Stock Exchange, a combination of Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam Stock Exchanges, dropped by 7.4 percent to $3.3 trillion. Borsa Istanbul's value increased by 12.3 percent in 2014 and reached $219.7 billion.
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