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==Background==

The exchange was founded by a woman, [[Dona Filomena Mayeu]], who started the exchange in a place called the "Confectionary and Pastry Shop of the Widow of Genin" on October 31, 1894.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketswiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Bolsa_Mexicana_de_Valores_S.A.B.&action=edit|name=Dona Filomena Mayeu|org=Bolsa Mexicana de Valores|date=October 31, 2019}}</ref> 
 
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores S.A.B. became a [[listed]] company on June 13, 2008 after a successful IPO in which over 13,600 [[investor]]s purchased [[share]]s at 16.5 [[Mexican pesos]] each.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.articlesbase.com/investing-articles/history-and-operations-of-the-mexican-stock-exchange-902242.html|name=History and operations of the Mexican Stock Exchange|org=ArticlesBase.com|date=August 24, 2009}}</ref> The Mexican Stock Exchange was owned for 114 years by a group of Mexican [[bank]]s and [[brokerage]]s prior to BMVSAB's $388 million IPO. BMVSAB's A shares joined the Mexican Stock Exchange's [[benchmark]] [[IPC Index]] as one of the country's top 35 [[stock]]s.

BMVSAB's main [[exchange]] business, the Mexican Stock Exchange, showed improvement in some key market indicators over the second quarter of 2009 following precipitous falls in previous months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mondovisione.com/pdf/BMV_Mexican%20SE%20June_2009%20.pdf|name=BMV performance report June 2009|org=BMV|date=August 25, 2009}}</ref> According to the report, the IPC Index rose slightly from 24,331.71 at the end of May to 24,368.38 by the end of June and has produced a yield of 11.7% so far over 2009, comparable to the world's best-performing [[stock market]]s.

On March 8, 2010, it was announced that the [[CME Group]] and the Mexican exchange had entered into an [[order routing]] agreement for [[derivatives]] products. Details of the agreement include the CME Group [[acquiring]] shares of the Mexican exchange valued at $17 million. Also, the CME Group was granted by the Control Trust of BMV the right to nominate a member to BMV board of directors. The CME Group will become the exclusive exchange provider of derivatives [[order routing]] services to BMV outside of Latin American and the BMV will be the exclusive exchange provider of derivatives order routing services to the CME Group in Mexico. The BMV's derivatives products are traded at their subsidiary, the [[Mexican Derivatives Exchange]].<ref> {{cite web|url = http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQ66322.htm|name = CME Group, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores and MexDer Announce Order Routing, Equity Agreement|org = CNN Money|date = March 8, 2010}}</ref>