Euronext is an electronic stock exchange based in which European city?
Euronext Amsterdam Euronext Amsterdam Euronext Amsterdam is a stock exchange based in Amsterdam. Formerly known as the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, it merged on 22 September 2000 with the Brussels Stock Exchange and the Paris Stock Exchange to form Euronext. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange was established in 1602 by the Dutch East India Company ("Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie", or "VOC") for dealings in its printed stocks and bonds. It was subsequently renamed the Amsterdam "Bourse" and was the first to formally begin trading in securities. The European Options Exchange (EOE) was founded in 1978 in Amsterdam as a futures and options exchange. In 1983
Euronext Valores de Lisboa e Porto (BVLP), renamed Euronext Lisbon. In 2001, Euronext became a listed company itself after completing its Initial Public Offering. Euronext acquired FastMatch, a currency trading platform, in 2017 and the Irish Stock Exchange in March 2018 to further expand its pan-European model. Due to apparent moves by NASDAQ to acquire the London Stock Exchange, NYSE Group, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, offered €8 billion (US$10.2b) in cash and shares for Euronext on 22 May 2006, outbidding a rival offer for the European Stock exchange operator from Deutsche Börse, the German stock market. Contrary to