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This entry is on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange before it merged into Euronext.
A
bond from the Dutch East India Company, dating from 7 November 1623, for the amount of 2,400
florins. The bond was stolen from the Amsterdam Municipal Archive and cheaply bought by a collective of German investors, who refuse to return the stolen property.
The
Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the former name for the
stock exchange based in
Amsterdam. It merged on 22 September 2000 with the
Brussels Stock Exchange and the
Paris Stock Exchange to form
Euronext, and is now known as Euronext Amsterdam.
History
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is considered the oldest in the world. It 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 Option Exchange (EOE) was founded in 1978 in Amsterdam as a
futures and
options exchange. In 1983 it started a
stock market index, called the
EOE index, consisting of the 25 largest companies that trade on the stock exchange. In 1997 the Amsterdam Stock Exchange and the EOE merged, and its blue chip index was renamed
AEX, for "Amsterdam EXchange". It is now managed by Euronext Amsterdam.
The former Stock Exchange building was the
Beurs van Berlage.
