New York Stock Exchange (XNYS) vs London Stock Exchange (XLON)
New York Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange compared by ISO 10383 identity, operator, trading session, settlement cycle and covered listings.
| Field | New York Stock Exchange | London Stock Exchange |
|---|---|---|
| Operating MIC | XNYS | XLON |
| Segment MICs | 7 | 4 |
| Country | United States | United Kingdom |
| Operator | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) | London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) |
| Operator LEI | 5493000F4ZO33MV32P92 | 213800D1EI4B9WTWWD28 |
| Trading currency | USD | GBP |
| Timezone | America/New_York | Europe/London |
| Session (local) | 09:30–16:00 | 08:00–16:30 |
| Lunch break | none | none |
| Settlement | T+1 | T+2 |
| Covered listings | 39 | 7 |
| Covered listed value ≈ | $15.9tn | $1.5tn |
| Benchmarks | Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 (multi-venue), NYSE Composite | FTSE 100, FTSE 250, FTSE All-Share, FTSE AIM All-Share |
New York Stock Exchange
Largest equity market in the world by listed domestic market capitalization, on the World Federation of Exchanges monthly statistics.
London Stock Exchange
Primary UK equity venue; LSEG is also a major market-data provider (Refinitiv).
"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.