The largest 25 foreign companies by market capitalization(excluding Canadian Stocks) traded in the New York Stock Exchange are listed below:

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A few observations:

• Seven of the top 10 companies are in mining or energy sector
• Among the foreign banks, Brazil’s Itau Unibanco(ITUB), Spain’s Banco Santander (STD), UK’s HSBC(HBC) and Australia’s Westpac (WBK) are in this list
• From the BRIC countries, none of the Russian or Indian companies made it to the top 25
• China and Brazil are represented by three companies each