NSE’s 86.1 crore transactions in January 2025 positioned the exchange second for the most equity trades completed globally. Although NSE lost some market capitalization, they still remained the leader in trading volume and global derivatives trading.
The New York Stock Exchange retained its title as the largest stock exchange in the world with an impressive market capitalization of $31.8 trillion, a 0.6% increase from the previous month and a whopping 22.1% from year before. Nasdaq closely followed with a market cap of $30.8 trillion claiming an additional 0.5% from last month.
In Asian markets, the Japan Exchange Group saw 1.5% growth in market capitalization, brining them up to $6.4 trillion, while the Shanghai Stock Exchange harbored a decline dropping 2.1% to $7 trillion. While holding sixth place as the largest exchange by market cap, Euronext rose strongly claiming 6.6% growth soaring to an impressive $6.2 trillion as the NSE claim captured $4.9 trillion yet experienced a decline of 5.2% monthly.
NSE recorded an impressive increase in trading interest with 86.1 crore trades being executed, representing a 19.5 percent share of the landscape in the equity market of the world. Despite the market cap dip, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange continues to outperform NS.