Commercial Exchange

stock exchange, Paris, France

Also known as: Bourse de Commerce, Paris Stock Exchange

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The Paris Stock Exchange, also known as the Palais de la Bourse, is a key financial center in Paris, France. It has a long history, with trading activities in commercial bills of exchange dating back to the 12th century. The modern French stockbroker, or agent de change, emerged from this early period.1

In 2000, the Paris Stock Exchange merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges to form the Euronext equities market. The agents de change who supervise trading are semigovernmental officials, and the policy-making Exchange Commission is headed by the Governor of the Banque de France. The Paris Stock Exchange is a significant part of the city's economy, which is heavily reliant on the services sector.23

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The stock exchange
…were historically centred on the Bourse de Paris (Paris Stock Exchange), a national system that in the late 20th century incorporated much smaller exchanges at Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille, Marseille, Nancy, and Nantes. Share dealings and stock market activity increased greatly beginning in the early 1980s, corresponding with a period of…
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…were historically centred on the Bourse de Paris (Paris Stock Exchange), a national system that in the late 20th century incorporated much smaller exchanges at Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille, Marseille, Nancy, and Nantes. Share dealings and stock market activity increased greatly beginning in the early 1980s, corresponding with a period of…
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The Halles of Paris
…in the 1880s as the Commercial Exchange (Bourse de Commerce).
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…in the 1880s as the Commercial Exchange (Bourse de Commerce).
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