Important stock markets 16Market capitalisation in million USD.Source:ExchangeEnd 1990End 1995End 2000NYSE2 692 1235 654 81511 534 613Nasdaq310 8001 159 9403 597 086Japan(Tokyo)2 928 5343 545 3073 157 222London850 0121 346 6412 612 230Euronext Paris311 687499 9901 446 634Deutsche Börse355 311577 3651 270 243Switzerland157 635398 088792 316Toronto241 924366 345770 116Italy^148 766209 522768 363Euronext Amsterdam119 825286 651640 456Helsinki22 72144 137293 635Vienna26 32032 51329 935Ljubljana2973 100Single-period random cash flows: Stocks