Royal Exchange:1566/1571

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Royal Exchange1566/1571
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British Stock Exchange17th century
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British Stock Exchange

• Stock Exchange dates back to the 17th century
  when dealers met to buy and sell securities at
  the Royal Exchange in Throgmorton Street.
• A group of brokers decided to set up premises on
  their own at the corner of Threadneedle Street
  and Sweetings Alley.
• 1802 a start was made in building a new Stock
  Exchange on a triangular site between
  Threadneedle Street, Throgmorton Street and Old
  Broad Street.
• The two chief functions carried out at the Stock
  Exchange are the buying and selling of stocks and
  shares and raising the money for new enterprises.