What do you know about Germany's stock markets?

This is where to go to find out more about Germany’s stock markets and the financial markets around the world. Commercial merchants in Germany got together for the first time in 1585 to agree on standardized rates of exchange.

What is the largest stock exchange in Germany?

However, Germany’s largest stock exchange is the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Known in Germany as FWB Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is operated by its owner, Deutsche Börse Group. It is the principal stock exchange in Germany, where 90% of all trades are executed through its own trading system, Xetra.

What is the Frankfurt Stock Exchange?

Today, this event is considered as the birth of the most important stock exchange in Germany - the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Thanks to the Xetra trading platform, it has become one of the largest completely electronic cash market exchanges in the world.

Where are derivatives traded in Germany?

Derivatives in Germany are traded mostly on the Eurex market - which we’ll cover another time. Xetra is both the technology (Xetra Trading System) and the electronic stock market (Xetra MIC: XETR). Most commonly Xetra refers to the electronic stock market, which is Germany’s main market.