The Mexican Stock Exchange (Spanish: Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, BMV; BMV: BOLSA) is Mexico's only stock exchange. It is situated on Paseo de la Reforma, a important avenue in central Mexico City. The total value of the Domestic Market Capitalization of the BMV was calculated at US$409 billion at the end of 2010, and raised to US$460 billion by the end of June 2011, making it the second largest stock exchange in Latin America (after Brazil's BM&F Bovespa) and the fifth largest in the Americas.
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