BM&F Bovespa

The BM&FBOVESPA (Portuguese pronunciation: [boˈvespa]; in full, Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias & Futuros de São Paulo) is a São Paulo-based stock exchange. It is the fourth largest stock exchange in the The Americas in terms of market capitalization, behind NYSE, Nasdaq, and Toronto Stock exchange. It is also the thirteenth largest in the world in terms of market capitalization (see list of stock exchanges). On May 8, 2008, the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) and the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&F) merged, creating BM&FBOVESPA.[1]. The benchmark indicator of BM&FBOVESPA is the Índice Bovespa. There were 450 companies traded at Bovespa as of April 30, 2008[2].

On May 20, 2008 the Ibovespa index reached its 10th consecutive record mark closing at 73,516 points, with a traded volume of USD 4.2 billion or BRL 7.4 billion.[3]

BM&FBOVESPA has offices in New York, Shanghai and London.