Stock Exchanges in the UK

Following are the major stock exchanges in the UK:

London Stock Exchange
- The London Stock Exchange is located in the City of London, United Kingdom. In October 2007 the Exchange merged with Borsa Italiana, creating Europe's leading diversified exchange business, London Stock Exchange Group.
- It is one of the oldest stock exchanges in the world and can trace its history back more than 300 years.

Plus Markets
- PLUS is a London-based stock exchange providing cash trading and listing, derivatives and technology services. It delivers product innovation and competitive pricing to market participants by operating a low cost base RIE.
- PLUS Markets Group has been designated a Recognised Investment Exchange by the UK's Financial Services Authority.

Markit BOAT
- It was founded in 2001 as the first independent source of credit derivative pricing.
- It is a MiFID-compliant trade reporting platform, which enables MTFs and investment firms to meet their pre- and post-trade transparency obligations for their cash equity trades.
- It provides round-the-clock support from its offices in London, New York, Dallas, Toronto, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Tokyo, Singapore, New Delhi and Boulder.

Euronext - NYSE Liffe (London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange)
- In Europe, NYSE Liffe runs futures and options markets in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London and Paris.
- It offers a broad choice of derivatives products on short-term interest rates, single stocks, indices, swaps, government bonds, commodities and currencies.

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