The Swiss Stock Exchange, today operated by SIX Group and based in Zurich, is Switzerland's main market for trading shares and bonds. It developed from separate regional exchanges in cities such as Zurich, Basel and Geneva, which were later merged into a single national electronic exchange. Switzerland's long tradition as a banking center, and the size of companies such as Nestlé, Novartis and Roche, make it one of the more important stock exchanges in Europe, and the main index, the Swiss Market Index, is made up of the largest companies.
Before and after
- 30 November 1872The first international football match is played
- 3 December 1872George Smith reads the Babylonian flood story
- from 7 December 1872 to 26 May 1876Challenger Expedition
- 1873Invention of electrical generator
- 1873Founding of Swiss Stock Exchange
- 9 January 1873Death of Napoleon III
- 20 January 1873Birth of Johannes V. Jensen
- 20 March 1873Birth of Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 3 July 1873Discovery of 10P/Tempel
More in Society, economy & sport
- 25 March 1807Britain abolishes the slave trade
- from 19 July 1848 to 20 July 1848The Seneca Falls Convention
- 14 September 1867Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital
- 1869Founding of Goldman Sachs
- 1874Founding of Universal Postal Union
- 29 November 1899Founding of FC Barcelona
The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 19th century.