The manual presents a workshop compiled in accordance with the requirements of the GEF, considering the elements of the securities market as a subsystem of the financial market, the basis of professional activities in the stock market, the organization of exchange and over-the-counter trading, etc. Particular attention is paid to the mechanism of decision-making in the stock market, the functioning of the global financial market and financial institutions, as well as includes tasks and methods of practical work, control issues and recommended literature. Intended for students, undergraduates of the training direction 38. 04. 08 Finance and credit under the Corporate Finance program, as well as graduate students, teachers of economic universities and faculties, economists, heads of organizations interested in the functioning of financial markets and the activities of financial credit institutions .