The fees which are applied by the respective exchanges should be considered.
The following taxes apply for purchasing LSE stocks:
Stamp Duty
Stamp Duty Reserve Tax is charged at 0.5% on share purchases made for stocks listed on the London Stock Exchange. There is no Stamp Duty charge applied to gilts, bonds or ETFs.
PTM LEVY
PTM LEVY is charged in both cases, on purchase and sell, and it is £1 GBP per trade for orders over £10,000 GBP.
The following taxes apply when you sell NYSE stocks:
Transaction Fee
The Transaction Fee (Securities and Exchange Commission) is $0.0000207 of the value of the sale order.
FINRA fee
The FINRA fee is charged on all covered stock and ETF sales at $0.000119 x quantity sold. There is a minimum charge of $0.01.