London Stock Exchange (XLON) vs Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) (XSAU)
London Stock Exchange and Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) compared by ISO 10383 identity, operator, trading session, settlement cycle and covered listings.
| Field | London Stock Exchange | Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) |
|---|---|---|
| Operating MIC | XLON | XSAU |
| Segment MICs | 4 | — |
| Country | United Kingdom | Saudi Arabia |
| Operator | London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) | Saudi Tadawul Group |
| Operator LEI | 213800D1EI4B9WTWWD28 | 894500BXFAWZK686TP37 |
| Trading currency | GBP | SAR |
| Timezone | Europe/London | Asia/Riyadh |
| Session (local) | 08:00–16:30 | 10:00–15:00 |
| Lunch break | none | none |
| Settlement | T+2 | T+2 |
| Covered listings | 7 | 2 |
| Covered listed value ≈ | $1.5tn | $1.8tn |
| Benchmarks | FTSE 100, FTSE 250, FTSE All-Share, FTSE AIM All-Share | TASI (Tadawul All Share Index), MT30 (MSCI Tadawul 30) |
London Stock Exchange
Primary UK equity venue; LSEG is also a major market-data provider (Refinitiv).
Saudi Exchange (Tadawul)
Largest exchange in the Middle East; home listing of Saudi Aramco.
"Covered listings" counts companies in the Finance Foundation dataset, not the venue's full listing count, and "covered listed value" sums the computed market caps of those companies (close 2026-08-28) — a sum of estimates over a hand-picked set, not the venue's listed market capitalisation. The comparison is of our covered set, stated plainly. MIC data from the ISO 10383 registry, operator LEIs from GLEIF, session times compiled from each venue's published calendar. seed-0.7 · marketcap-1 · 2026-08-30 · sources.