Brussels Stock Exchange
The Marquis building, housing the Brussels Stock Exchange (BSE) | |
| Type | Stock exchange |
|---|---|
| Location | Brussels, Belgium |
| Founded | 8 July 1801 |
| Owner | Euronext |
| Key people | Vincent Van Dessel (CEO) |
| Currency | EUR |
| No. of listings | 142 |
| Indices | BEL 20 |
| Website | euronext.com/brussels |
The Brussels Stock Exchange (French: Bourse de Bruxelles [buʁs də bʁysɛl]; Dutch: Beurs van Brussel [ˈbøːrs fɑm ˈbrʏsəl]), abbreviated to BSE, is a stock exchange founded in Brussels, Belgium, by decree of Napoleon in 1801. In 2000, the BSE merged with the Amsterdam, Lisbon and Paris stock exchanges into Euronext, renaming the BSE Euronext Brussels. The benchmark stock market index on the BSE is the BEL 20.
The former Brussels Stock Exchange building, known as the Bourse Palace (French: Palais de la Bourse; Dutch: Beurspaleis) and usually shortened to la Bourse (in French) or de Beurs (in Dutch), is located on the Place de la Bourse/Beursplein along the Boulevard Anspach/Anspachlaan. The BSE is now headquartered in the Marquis building. It can be accessed from Brussels-Central railway station.