The Australian Stock Exchange is one of the world's most popular stock exchanges; it is active throughout the week. As a rule, a morning trading session is going on from 7 to 10 AM, and then, up to 16 hours of usual trading. Even in conditions of global crisis, the Australian Stock Exchange is demonstrating strong growth and good prospects, attracting investors from around the world. The most important index of the Australian Stock Exchange (Australian Securities Exchange) is the AU200 index (S & P / ASX 200 Index). It is determined on the basis of prices of the 200 largest companies that trade on this exchange. Currently, there are more than 1900 organizations registered.