Borsa Italiana

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Borsa Italiana S.p.A.
Type subsidiary of public company
Founded 16 January 1808
Headquarters Milan, Italy
Industry Financial services
Products Stock market
Parent London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSE.L)
Website www.borsaitaliana.it

The Borsa Italiana S.p. A., based in Milan, is Italy's main stock exchange. It was privatised in 1997, and was acquired by the London Stock Exchange in October 2007. In 2005 the companies listed on the Borsa were worth US$ 890 billion.

Contents

[edit] History

Milan’s Borsa di Commercio (Commodities Exchange) opened under a vice-royal decree on 16 January 1808 and it operated under public ownership until 1998.[1]

It was sold to a consortium of banks, and operated under a S.p. A. holding company between January 2, 1998 and an all-share takeover by the London Stock Exchange on 1 October 2007.[2]

[edit] Operations

Borsa Italiana has managing responsibility for Italy's derivatives markets (IDEM and MIF) and its fixed income market (MOT). On the MOT (Electronic Government Bond and Securities Market), buy and sell contracts are traded on government securities and nonconvertible bonds; the EuroMOT is the Euro-Bond Electronic Market that trades Eurobonds, bonds from foreign issuers and asset-backed securities.

[edit] Structure

Borsa Italiana organizes and manages the Italian stock market with the participation of nearly 130 domestic and international brokers who operate in Italy or from abroad through remote membership, using a completely electronic trading system for the real-time execution of trades. In addition, it performs organisational, commercial and promotional activities aimed at developing high value-added services for the financial community.

The stock market is divided into five parts. The electronic share market (MTA) trades Italian shares, convertible bonds, and warrants; the covered warrants market is an electronic share market. The STAR (Segment for High Requirement Shares) market is within the MTA and includes companies capitalized from 40 million to 100 million Euro that are already listed and traded in more traditional sectors. Nuovo Mercato is dedicated to innovation-driven companies. Stocks, bonds, warrants, and options not admitted to the official exchange are traded on Mercato Ristretto. Premi Market is for premium contracts on stock exchange products. The after hours market enables trading of financial instruments after the daytime session closes.

[edit] Indices

Further information: S&P/MIB

The borsa's main indices are :

  • the S&P/MIB, a capitalization-weighted index of 40 of the biggest companies chosen to represent 10 economic sectors[3]
  • the MIBTEL, which covers all Italian shares (and certain foreign ones) listed on the MTA and on the MTAX market.

Other indices include the MIDEX, ALL STARS and the now deprecated MIB30.

[edit] Listed companies

The following represent a selection of the companies listed on the Borsa, for a full list see Category:Companies listed on the Borsa Italiana:

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Historical Stages. Borsa Italiana.
  2. ^ Borsa Italiana and London Stock Exchange Combine.
  3. ^ S&P/MIB methodology.

[edit] External links