Euronext
A cross-border European stock exchange, originally created in 2000 from the merger of the Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris stock exchanges. In 2001 and 2002, respectively, Euronext acquired the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) and the Portuguese stock exchange, Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa e Porto (BVLP), in order to become the world's fifth-largest exchange. In addition to being an equities market, Euronext is also a derivatives market and a provider of clearing and information services. Investopedia Says:
Euronext manages a variety of indexes. The most popular index is the Euronext 100, which consists of the 100 largest stocks on Euronext. This index is essentially Euronext's blue chip index. One of Euronext's more innovative products is its NextWeather set of indexes, which measures a company's financial exposure to the weather. Related Terms:
Blue Chip
Derivative
EUREX
Eurozone
Exchange
Index
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange - LIFFE
London Stock Exchange - LSE
Weather Derivative |