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London Stock Exchange

Stock exchange in the City of London

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Also known as LSE · London Stock Exchange, LSE · LSE APA · XLON

Country: United Kingdom
Located in: London
Founded: 1698

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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a global stock exchange based in Paternoster Square in the City of London, England. Founded in 1801, it is one of the world's oldest continuously operating stock exchanges. As of mid-2025, the exchange had a total market capitalisation of approximately US$5.9 trillion for all listed instruments. Since 2007, it has been operated by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), which is itself a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index and trades under the ticker symbol LSEG.

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Currency: pound sterling
Owned by: London Stock Exchange Group
Website: londonstockexchange.com language: English
Headquarters: City of London postal code: EC4M 7LS · coordinates: 51.5150°N, 0.0990°W · located on street: Paternoster Square
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1.Stated in Market Identifier CodeRetrieved 2022-09-00
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Formed in: City of London
Stock market index: FTSE 100 Index
Operator: London Stock Exchange Group
Parent: London Stock Exchange Group
Owner of: Euronext Securities Milan
Historic county: Middlesex
Main Wikidata property: London Stock Exchange company ID
Social media followers: 69,116(February 11, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 621741028
65,585(March 1, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 621741028
55,699(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 621741028
50,804(April 26, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 621741028
Industry: stock market
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1.Stated in 20th Century Press ArchivesRetrieved 2021-07-27
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Catalog code: lse catalog: Crunchbase
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1.app.swaggerhub.com/apis-docs/Crunchbase/crunchbase-enterprise_api/1.0.3#/IpoRetrieved 2022-03-16
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LN catalog: Bloomberg.com
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1.stockmarketmba.com/globalstockexchanges.phpRetrieved 2023-04-25
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LSE catalog: EOD Historical Data
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1.stockmarketmba.com/globalstockexchanges.phpRetrieved 2023-04-25
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IL catalog: Yahoo! Finance
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1.help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN2310.htmlRetrieved 2023-04-27
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L catalog: Yahoo! Finance
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1.help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN2310.htmlRetrieved 2023-04-27
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Legal form: public limited company
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1.Stated in Global LEI IndexRetrieved 2024-09-17
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CEO: Julia Hoggett(since 2021)

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51.5153, -0.0992OpenStreetMap ↗

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