What's the Difference Between a Stockmarket, Sharemarket and Bourse?

Submitted by Share Trading on Wed, 25/06/2008 - 11:29.

Learn the difference between a stockmarket, sharemarket and bourse.

So what is the difference between a stockmarket, sharemarket and a bourse? Nothing! (With the exception of different laws, rules and regulations) They all mean the same thing - a stock exchange where publicly listed companies are traded. It's like saying "faucet" in USA and "tap" in Australia or "catsup" in USA and "tomato sauce" in Australia but not like saying "fanny" - which has a different meaning in USA from Australia. "Stockmarket" is a term generally used everywhere including the USA. Americans refer to owning "stocks", while Australians refer to owning "shares" of a company. Hence Australians call their stock exchange their sharemarket. Bourse is a French word meaning stockmarket and is a term used to describe any European stockmarket. The word itself is used most often in France and Belgium while in Italy their market is called the borsa in Italy and in Germany the borse.

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Top 50 Public Companies Listed on the Australian Stockmarket as at 29/05/2009

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  2. Westpac Banking Corporation (WBC)
  3. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
  4. National Australia Bank (NAB)
  5. Telstra (TLS)
  6. ANZ
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  10. Rio Tinto
  11. Westfield Group (WDC)
  12. Westfarmers Limited (WES)
  13. QBE Insurance
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  16. Origin Energy Limited (ORG)
  17. Santos Limited (STO)
  18. AMP Limited (AMP)
  19. Maquarie Group (MQG)
  20. Foster’s Group Limited (FGL)
  21. Brambles Limited (BXB)
  22. Fortescue Metals (FMG)
  23. Lihir Gold Limited (LGL)
  24. AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited (AXA)
  25. Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG)
  26. Suncorp-Metway Limited (SUN)
  27. Orica Limited (ORI)
  28. Coal & Allied (CNA)
  29. Stockland (SGP)
  30. Leighton Holdings (LEI)
  31. Lion Nathan Ltd (LNN)
  32. Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (CCL)
  33. AGL Energy Limited (AGK)
  34. Oil Search Limited (OSH)
  35. ASX (Australian Securities Exchange)
  36. Crown (CWN)
  37. WorleyParsons (WOR)
  38. Transurban Group (TCL)
  39. Computershare Limited (CPU)
  40. Toll Holdings Limited (TOL)
  41. Energy Resources of Australia (ERA)
  42. Sonic Healthcare Limited (SHL)
  43. Tabcorp Holdings (TAH)
  44. GPT Group (GPT)
  45. Qantas Airways Limited (QAN)
  46. Amcor Limited (AMC)
  47. Incitec Pivot (IPL)
  48. Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFI)
  49. Sims Group Limited (SGM)
  50. CFS Retail Property Trust (CFX)
  51. Telecom Corporation of New Zealand (TEL)
  52. New Hope Corporation Limited (NHC)
  53. Macquarie Airports (MAP)
  54. OneSteel Limited (OST)
  55. DEXUS Property Group (DXS)
  56. Argo Investments (ARG)
  57. BlueScope Steel (BSL)
  58. Caltex Australia Limited (CTX)
  59. Metcash Trading Limited (MTS)
  60. Lend Lease Corporation Limited (LLC)
  61. Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG)
  62. Paladin Energy (PDN)
  63. Fletcher Building (FBU)
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  65. Tatts Group (TTS)
  66. Cochlear Limited (COH)
  67. Alumina (AWC)
  68. OZ Minerals (OZL)
  69. Arrow Energy (AOE)
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  75. Felix Resources (FLX)
  76. Equinox Minerals (EQN)
  77. Platinum Asset Management Limited (PTM)
  78. CSR
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  81. Mirvac Group (MGR)
  82. Ramsay Health Care (RHC)
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  84. Billabong International Limited (BBG)
  85. Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk (Pt) (ATM)
  86. Sino Gold Mining (SGX)
  87. Aristocrat Leisure (ALL)
  88. James Hardie Industries N.V. (JHX)
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  90. David Jones (DJS)
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  93. United Group (UGL)
  94. Consolidated Media Holding (CMJ)
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  96. Downer EDI Limited (DOW)
  97. Auckland International Airport (AIA)
  98. Brickworks (BKW)
  99. Australian Worldwide Exploration (AWE)
  100. Duet Group (DUE)
  101. Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA)
  102. Adelaide Brighton (ABC)
  103. APA Group (APA)
  104. Bank of Queensland (BOQ)
  105. SKY Network Television (SKT)
  106. JB Hi-Fi (JBH)
  107. Seek (SEK)
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  109. Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG)
  110. Milton Corporation (MLT)
  111. Singapore Telecommunications (SGT)
  112. SKYCITY Entertainment Group (SKC)
  113. Extract Resources (EXT)
  114. Riversdale Mining (RIV)
  115. Perpetual Limited (PPT)
  116. Whitehaven Coal (WHC)
  117. Aquila Resources (AQA)
  118. Macarthur Coal (MCC)
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  120. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation (FPH)
  121. Ansell Limited (ANN)
  122. Spark Infrastructure Group (SKI)
  123. Transfield Services (TSE)
  124. Karoon Gas Australia (KAR)
  125. Seven Network Limited (SEV)
  126. Campbell Brothers Limited (CPB)
  127. Energy World Corporation (EWC)
  128. ING Office Fund (IOF)
  129. Infigen Energy (IFN)
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  132. TOWER Australia Group (TAL)
  133. Navitas (NVT)
  134. Ten Network Holdings (TEN)
  135. Wotif.com Holdings (WTF)
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  137. Austar United Communications Limited (AUN)
  138. IOOF Holdings (IFL)
  139. Air New Zealand Limited (AIZ)
  140. Linc Energy (LNC)
  141. Warehouse Group (WHS)
  142. Macquarie Office Trust (MOF)
  143. Sigma Pharmaceuticals Limited (SIP)
  144. Zimplats Holdings (ZIM)
  145. IRESS Market Technology Limited (IRE)
  146. Monadelphous Group (MND)
  147. Silex Systems (SLX)
  148. Western Areas NL (WSA)
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  150. Centennial Coal Company (CEY)