The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) is Ireland's stock exchange and can trace its history to 1793. Any Public Limited Company in Ireland must be traded on the ISE, however some companies based outside of Ireland, such as Tesco PLC also trade on the ISE for the convenience of their shareholders. The ISE also trades in a number of other equities, and Irish Government bonds
The published index of shares is know as the Irish Stock Exchange Quotient or ISEQ.