
This is a list of active stock exchanges in the Americas. Stock exchanges in Latin America (where Spanish and Portuguese prevail) use the term Bolsa de Valores, meaning "bag" or "purse" of "values". (compare Börse in German or bourse in French).
Several Caribbean states formed one regional stock exchange: the Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange (ECSE), which serves Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The service area of the ECSE corresponds to the service area of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, with which it is associated. Further, a number of states in Latin America additionally formed a cross-linked between several stock exchanges known as AMERCA. The Latin-bloc namely features the nations of: Costa Rica, Curacao (and by-extension the Dutch Caribbean), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama in the regional cross-link service.
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AMERCA is the Capital Markets Association of the Americas, which includes the Stock Exchanges of Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. It constitutes the evolution of BOLCEN, a product of the integration of stock exchanges in South American countries. This alliance of exchanges was founded on September 8, 1994 with the objective of promoting the stock market of its members, strengthening cross-border links, and integrating a large common market with easy and fluid access for issuers and investors of all member exchanges.