Bolsa de Madrid

The Madrid Stock Exchange (Spanish: Bolsa de Madrid) is the Stock Exchange of Madrid. The Madrid Stock Exchange is the largest of the four stock exchanges in Spain; more stock exchanges are located in Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia.

The Madrid Stock Exchange was founded by the Spanish King Ferdinand VII on October 20, 1831. During the second half of the 19th century, Spain was the peseta, the Bank of Spain and own stock exchange building. In 1898 it lost its colonies, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines, resulting in a 20% slump in share trading in Madrid had the effect could be compensated, however in the years that followed by the listing of foreign shares. As a result of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the Madrid Stock Exchange was closed in 1936. During the regime of General Francisco Franco, the stock market played a subordinate role internationally. Only in 1975 introduced a new Spanish Constitution and technical innovations in the stock market to make new investments, accelerated mainly by the EU accession of Spain in 1986 and Spain's integration into the exchange rate regime of the European Union in 1988.

In the last ten years, the Spanish stock exchanges continued to invest in the expansion of international financial services with Latin America.