Securities and derivatives exchanges are physical or virtual spaces with the infrastructure to allow those that use them to trade securities or financial derivatives instruments.

The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV): Provides the infrastructure for securities operations in Mexico. Its purpose is to facilitate securities transactions and procure the market’s development. The exchange, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V., is a private institution that operates through a concession granted by the Ministry of Finance, in accordance with the Securities Market Law (LMV).

The is the exchange for derivatives. It is a self-regulated entity that provides the infrastructure through which futures and options contracts are made for futures and options contracts for the following assets: dollars, euros, bonds, shares, indexes, and interest rates.