As of December 2023, the number of companies trading on the London Stock Exchange stood at 1,977. These companies had a combined market capitalization of over 3.5 trillion British pounds and over 500,000 daily average trades. Seen as the heart of the global financial community, it may not be surprising that the London Stock Exchange was home to a total of 565 financial companies at the end of 2023, the largest number of any category.
Market capitalization
Market capitalization is the outstanding value of a company's shares and is often used to measure the size of a company and investors interest in a given enterprise. Market capital is calculated by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the value of one share.
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London Stock Exchange. (December 31, 2023). Number of companies trading monthly on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in December 2023, by industry [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1013824/uk-number-of-companies-lse-by-industry/
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