Where can I find total stock market capitalisation (value) of a market or a country or an industry?
In Datastream, when choosing the ‘Data Category’, select ‘Equity Indices’ then find an index and datatype. Datastream covers country and regional total market indices such as: ‘TOTMKUK’, ‘TOTMKUS’, ‘TOTMKFR’ and the datatype Market Value/Cap (‘MV’ for local currency or ‘X(MV)~U$’ for US dollars).
In Bloomberg, type ‘WCAP’ and press Enter for a listing of market cap by country.
See also Compustat or CRSP via WRDS.
Consider the following websites:
- World Bank DataBank: Select Countries (under What’s Popular heading), for Series, type in "market capitalization" and select Years. Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (current US$) are available as part of World Bank DataBank.
- World Federation of Exchanges provides annual, YTD (year-to-date), and monthly statistics on 53 regulated exchanges around the world. Many individual exchanges will also provide statistics on their market capitalization.
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