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| 2019 | Scale is registered as “SME Growth Market”. This is a new category of multilateral trading venues (MTFs) in Europe, specifically targeted at SMEs and meeting EU-wide standards. |
| 2017 | Deutsche Börse introduces the new segment Scale. With Scale Deutsche Börse intends to improve access to investors and growth capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). |
| 2014 | Xetra and Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (FWB®, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange) are operated as independent trading places under “Deutsche Börse Cash Market”. |
| 2012 | Xetra represents the entire cash market services provided by Deutsche Börse AG. |
| 2011 | The entire floor trading at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange switches to Xetra technology. |
| 2003 | The new segmentation of the stock market comes into force at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. At its heart are three new market segments: Prime Standard, General Standard and Entry Standard. Deutsche Börse introduces the central counterparty in Xetra and floor trading at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. |
| 1997 | A new era of exchange trading begins. Xetra®, the fully electronic trading system for the cash market, is introduced. |
| 1992 | Deutsche Börse AG is founded: the Annual General Meeting passes a resolution to rename Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse AG “Deutsche Börse AG”. On 16 December the new company is duly entered in the Commercial Register |
| 1991 | From now on DTB and Deutscher Kassenverein (the German central securities depository) operate under the name of Deutsche Börse AG. |
| 1990 | Deutsche Terminbörse (DTB), the German derivatives exchange, starts trading. |
| 1988 | Germany’s leading index, DAX®, is introduced. |
| 1969 | The digital era arrives at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Traders can now process transactions electronically using the BÖGA system. |
| 1956 | In Germany, the purchase of foreign securities is permitted. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange can once conduct international business. |
| 1945 | A new start – the Frankfurt Stock Exchange resumes unofficial trading. |
| 1933 | The Nazi party interferes heavily in the business and financial sectors. |
| 1923 | Inflation after the War triggers losses in securities of monetary value. In contrast, equities become a prized object among speculative investors. |
| 1914 | The outbreak of the First World War hit the internationally oriented Frankfurt Stock Exchange hard. By the end of the War all foreign securities have been eliminated from German quotation sheets. |
| 1879 | The exchange building in central Frankfurt, which today still houses the “Großer Handelssaal”, the trading hall, is officially opened. |
| 1843 | Frankfurt evolves as an international capital market and exchange alongside Paris and London. |
| 1820 | Participating certificates of the Austrian National Bank constitute the first common shares that are listed and traded in Frankfurt. |
| 1816 | Regular securities trading begins. |
| 1799 | Separate exchange regulations are enacted for currency and goods traders respectively. |
| 1694 | The assembly of exchange members moves into a new building at Liebfrauenberg. |
| 1642 | The first printed quotations sheet for currency exchange rates is published. |
| 1605 | A new name for the merchants’ assembly appears for the first time in the records: “Burs”, meaning exchange. |
| 1585 | Frankfurt merchants establish uniform exchange rates, marking the birth of the Frankfurt exchange. |