Euro Area's main stock market index, the EU50, rose to 5684 points on December 2, 2025, gaining 0.27% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 0.09% and is up 16.52% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Euro Area. Euro Area Stock Market Index (EU50) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

Prices for Euro Area Stock Market Index (EU600) including live quotes, historical charts and news. Euro Area Stock Market Index (EU600) was last updated by Trading Economics this December 2 of 2025.

Prices for Euro Area Stock Market Index (Euronext 100) including live quotes, historical charts and news. Euro Area Stock Market Index (Euronext 100) was last updated by Trading Economics this December 3 of 2025.

The average for 2022 based on 14 countries was 25.95 percent. The highest value was in Luxembourg: 62.99 percent and the lowest value was in the Czechia: 9.54 percent. The indicator is available from 1975 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

As of January 29, 2025, the FTSE index stood at ******** points - well above its average value of around ***** points in the past few years.On the 12th of March 2020, amid the escalating crisis surrounding the coronavirus and fears of a global recession, the FTSE 100 suffered the second largest one day crash in its history and the biggest since the 1987 market crash. On the 23rd of March, the FTSE index saw its lowest value this year to date at ******** but has since began a tentative recovery. With the continuation of the pandemic, the FTSE 100 index was making a tentative recovery between late March 2020 and early June 2020. Since then the FSTE 100 index had plateaued towards the end of July, before starting a tentative upward trend in November. FTSE 100 The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, otherwise known as the FTSE 100 Index is a share index of the 100 largest companies trading on the London Stock Exchange in terms of market capitalization. At the end of March 2024, the largest company trading on the LSE was Shell. The largest ever initial public offering (IPO) on the LSE was Glencore International plc. European stock exchanges While nearly every country in Europe has a stock exchange, only five are considered major, and have a market capital of over one trillion U.S dollars. European stock exchanges make up two of the top ten major stock markets in the world. Europe’s biggest stock exchange is the Euronext which combines seven markets based in Belgium, France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal.

In 2025, stock markets in the United States accounted for roughly ** percent of world stocks. The next largest country by stock market share was China, followed by the European Union as a whole. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ are the largest stock exchange operators worldwide. What is a stock exchange? The first modern publicly traded company was the Dutch East Industry Company, which sold shares to the general public to fund expeditions to Asia. Since then, groups of companies have formed exchanges in which brokers and dealers can come together and make transactions in one space. Stock market indices group companies trading on a given exchange, giving an idea of how they evolve in real time. Appeal of stock ownership Over half of adults in the United States are investing money in the stock market. Stocks are an attractive investment because the possible return is higher than offered by other financial instruments.

The average for 2022 based on 14 countries was 6.66 percent. The highest value was in Germany: 31.66 percent and the lowest value was in Luxembourg: 0.06 percent. The indicator is available from 1975 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The total market capitalization of all companies trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) took a large hit during the early months of 2020, due mostly part to a mass sell-off of shares caused by the fears surrounding the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Between December 2019 and March 2020, the total value of market capitalization decreased by more than *** billion British pounds (GBP). The overall number of companies currently trading has also been falling. The number of daily trades spiked in March 2020 and then decreased as well. As of February 2025, the total market value of all companies trading on the London Stock Exchange stood at over **** trillion British pounds. European stock exchanges While almost every country has a stock Exchange, in Europe only five exchanges are considered major, with total market capital amounting to over *** trillion euros. The London Stock Exchange is the second largest in Europe and tenth largest worldwide. As of January 2025, Europe’s largest stock exchange, Euronext had a total market capital of listed companies valued at approximately **** trillion U.S. dollars.

The average for 2022 based on 9 countries was 6.17 percent. The highest value was in Germany: 31.05 percent and the lowest value was in Belarus: 0.01 percent. The indicator is available from 1975 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Key information about European Union Market Capitalization: % of GDP

• European Union Market Capitalization accounted for 54.0 % of its Nominal GDP in Dec 2018, compared with a percentage of 76.5 % in the previous year
• EU Market Capitalization: % Nominal GDP is updated yearly, available from Dec 1975 to Dec 2018
• The data reached an all-time high of 80.1 % in Dec 2007 and a record low of 7.2 % in Dec 1982

The World Bank provides annual Market Capitalization as % of Nominal GDP. Market Capitalization includes domestic companies listed at the end of the year and excludes investment companies, mutual funds and other collective investment vehicles

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the largest stock exchange in the world, with an equity market capitalization of almost ** trillion U.S. dollars as of November 2025. The following largest three exchanges were the NASDAQ, PINK Exchange, and the Frankfurt Exchange. What is a stock exchange? A stock exchange is a marketplace where stockbrokers, traders, buyers, and sellers can trade in equities products. The largest exchanges have thousands of listed companies. These companies sell shares of their business, giving the general public the opportunity to invest in them. The oldest stock exchange worldwide is the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, founded in the late sixteenth century. Other functions of a stock exchange Since these are publicly traded companies, every firm listed on a stock exchange has had an initial public offering (IPO). The largest IPOs can raise billions of dollars in equity for the firm involved. Related to stock exchanges are derivatives exchanges, where stock options, futures contracts, and other derivatives can be traded.

Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (current US$) in European Union was reported at 8078748800000 USD in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. European Union - Market capitalization of listed companies - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

While the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused all major stock market indices to fall sharply in March 2020, both the extent of the decline at this time, and the shape of the subsequent recovery, have varied greatly. For example, on March 15, 2020, major European markets and traditional stocks in the United States had shed around ** percent of their value compared to January *, 2020. However, Asian markets and the NASDAQ Composite Index only shed around ** to ** percent of their value. A similar story can be seen with the post-coronavirus recovery. As of November 14, 2021 the NASDAQ composite index value was around ** percent higher than in January 2020, while most other markets were only between ** and ** percent higher. Why did the NASDAQ recover the quickest? Based in New York City, the NASDAQ is famously considered a proxy for the technology industry as many of the world’s largest technology industries choose to list there. And it just so happens that technology was the sector to perform the best during the coronavirus pandemic. Accordingly, many of the largest companies who benefitted the most from the pandemic such as Amazon, PayPal and Netflix, are listed on the NADSAQ, helping it to recover the fastest of the major stock exchanges worldwide. Which markets suffered the most? The energy sector was the worst hit by the global COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, oil companies share prices suffered large declines over 2020 as demand for oil plummeted while workers found themselves no longer needing to commute, and the tourism industry ground to a halt. In addition, overall share prices in two major stock exchanges – the London Stock Exchange (as represented by the FTSE 100 index) and Hong Kong (as represented by the Hang Seng index) – have notably recovered slower than other major exchanges. However, in both these, the underlying issue behind the slower recovery likely has more to do with political events unrelated to the coronavirus than it does with the pandemic – namely Brexit and general political unrest, respectively.

Actual value and historical data chart for European Union Stocks Traded Total Value Current Us$

France's main stock market index, the FR40, rose to 8121 points on December 2, 2025, gaining 0.29% from the previous session. Over the past month, the index has climbed 0.13% and is up 11.93% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from France. France Stock Market Index (FR40) - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on December of 2025.

Euro area: Stock market capitalization as percent of GDP: The latest value from is percent, unavailable from percent in . In comparison, the world average is 0.00 percent, based on data from countries. Historically, the average for Euro area from to is percent. The minimum value, percent, was reached in while the maximum of percent was recorded in .

Europe Recording Chart Paper Market is expected to grow during 2025-2031

Sale-Or-Purchase-of-Stock Time Series for Fidelity European Values. Fidelity European Trust PLC is an open-ended equity fund launched and managed by FIL Investment Services (UK) Limited. It is co-managed by FIL Investments International Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Continental Europe. It makes its investments in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across all market capitalizations. It also invests in value oriented growth stocks. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index. Fidelity European Trust PLC was formed on November 5, 1991 and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.

Prices for Euro Stoxx 50 Volatility EUR Price Index including live quotes, historical charts and news. Euro Stoxx 50 Volatility EUR Price Index was last updated by Trading Economics this December 2 of 2025.

The average for 2020 based on 6 countries was 42.85 percent. The highest value was in Cyprus: 67.33 percent and the lowest value was in Greece: 20.81 percent. The indicator is available from 1998 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.