The article examines the meaning and significance of the concept of "foreign experience of investment activities of commercial banks in the stock market", changes in the stock market of foreign countries, changes in the volume of securities of commercial banks in the USA, changes in the volume of securities of commercial banks in Germany, the economic essence of increasing the investment activity of commercial banks in the stock market, the fund of tasks of commercial banks in the market, the stock market and other markets in the economy, an analysis of the main aspects of investment activities of commercial banks in the stock market.

In this article, the best practices of stock markets in developed and developing countries and directions of their development are researched. In particular, in the development of stock markets, the best practices of the effective placement of state securities of foreign countries and the development of the stock market through them have been studied.