Most Valuable Companies in the World

Wall Street - Trading History

Bloomberg Financial Markets reported that China now leads world in number of publicly-traded companies with market values in excess of $200 billion (8), U. S. (7), Western Europe (4), Russia (1).

October 17, 2007: 1) ExxonMobil ($525 billion; 2) Petrochina ($429 billion), 3) General Electric ($418 billion), 4) China Mobile ($37billion), 5) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ($336 billon), 6) Microsoft ($285 billion), 7) Royal Dutch Shell ($271 billion), 8) China Petroleum ($269 billion), 9) Gazprom ($266 billion), 10) AT & T ($255 billion), 11) NP ($242 billion), 12) China Life ($242 billion), 13) HSBC ($227 billion), 14) Citigroup ($223 billion), 15) Bank of America ($223 billion), 16) Procter & Gamble ($221 billion), 17) China Construction ($220 billion), 18) China Shenhua Energy ($216 billion), 19) Bank of China ($209 billion), 20) Electricite de France ($203 billion).

1999 - Technology and communications companies topped the list .

1989 - Japan had 14 of top 20 companies (especially banks).

General Electric, Exxon, AT & T on all lists.