8 February 1971 the first electronic stock exchange was launched NASDAQ. At that time, stocks were traded on it. 250 companies. Index Nasdaq The Composite was set at 100.
The history of the stock exchange dates back to 1968 year, when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) decided to organize an automated securities trading market. Thanks to the growth of the US economy in 1989-2000 years, as well as the rapid development of information technology, the exchange developed rapidly, and the number of transactions increased significantly.
NASDAQ OMX is ranked second in the world after NYSE Euronext by capitalization of listed companies (about $4,6 trillion at the end 2012 of the year).
