The present invention relates to a shopping cart of the types used by shoppers in supermarkets and/or self-service stores or shops and of the types stored by being horizontally fitted into one another, which has several improved maneuverability and handling features and which basically comprises a basket (1) formed by a bottom (2) and four vertical side faces, one of which is a vertically swingable face (3) for the purpose of facilitating the horizontal fitting of another cart, a frame fixed to the bottom (2) of the basket (1) comprising four legs (6), each of which in turn comprises at least one wheel (7), and a perimetral handle (5) extending along the entire perimeter of the upper edge of the basket (1).