Copenhagen Stock Exchange

The Stock Exchange Copenhagen ( Danish: Københavns Fondsbørs ) ​​is the main stock exchange in Denmark. It is part of OMX and is thus operated since 2008 by the NASDAQ OMX Group; they therefore also operates under the name of NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen.

History and Structure

The first stock exchange building in Copenhagen was commissioned by King Christian IV built and completed in 1624 (see Børsen ). Until the 19th century Børsen served as the Commodity Exchange, until 1974 it housed the stock exchange.

The stock market was converted in 1996 into a corporation. 60 percent of the capital held henceforth the members, each holding 20 percent owner of shares and bonds.

1997 FUTOP Clearing Centre A / S, the Danish trading center for derivatives, the Copenhagen Stock Exchange was incorporated.

1998 joined the Copenhagen Stock Exchange together with the Stockholm Stock Exchange for NOREX alliance. Since 2008, the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, like the other major securities exchanges in Scandinavia part of the OMX.

The normal trading hours on weekdays 9-17 clock.

Indices

The OMX Copenhagen 20 is the most important Danish stock index. It consists of the shares of 20 Danish blue chips. The KFX Index includes stocks of growing companies in the pharmaceutical, telecommunications, biotechnology and information technology. In KAX index all shares traded on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange are united.