Borsa Italiana

The Borsa Italiana S.p.A., based in Milan, is Italy's main stock exchange. It was privatised in 1997 and acquired by the London Stock Exchange in 2007. In 2005, the companies listed on the Borsa were worth US$890 billion.

Società per Azioni (Public Limited Company)

History

Milan’s Borsa di Commercio (Commodities Exchange) opened under a vice-royal decree on 16 January 1808 and operated under public ownership until 1998.^[1]

It was sold to a consortium of banks, and operated under a joint-stock holding company between 2 January 1998 and on 1 October 2007, when it was merged with the London Stock Exchange in an all-share takeover.

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