When did the London Stock Exchange lose its lustre?

When did the London Stock Exchange lose its lustre?

For hundreds of years, London’s stock market has been a cornerstone of global finance and the UK economy. Its beginnings can be traced back to the seventeenth century after rowdy stockbrokers were kicked out of the Royal Exchange for being loud and uncouth, settling instead in the city’s coffee houses. A main meeting place was Jonathan’s Coffee House in Change Alley and it was here they began publishing a list of prices for stocks and commoditie…