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NYSE

NYSE

119 4.2
A large stock market in New York City where people buy and sell company shares
  • proper noun
translation icon : Bolsa de Nueva York
  • We find that the percentage of time that the NYSE quotes the best bid drops significantly from 95.78% to 56.66%.
  • NYSE market
  • NYSE stocks
  • trading on the NYSE

Buy stocks in the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE, buy stocks on the NASDAQ.

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Examples

  • Different from the NASDAQ, which lost market shares quickly, the NYSE had resisted the competition from ECNs successfully for years.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Our findings indicate that the markets for NYSE stocks have become particularly competitive in recent years.

    Academic text (2016)
  • When the markets become more and more competitive, the market shares of the NYSE drop.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Prior studies have shown that the NYSE usually offers better execution than other venues.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Under the design of the NYSE, all orders of a stock are routed to its specialist.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Buy stocks in the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE, buy stocks on the NASDAQ.

  • For NYSE-listed stocks, the NYSE is the primary trading venue.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Scott, the NYSE and the NASDAQ have had this duopoly on the US stock market for years now.

  • However, when the off-NYSE markets obtain substantial market shares, the NYSE market makers may not have enough orders for cost-sharing.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The shares of Apple are traded on the NYSE, one of the largest stock exchanges in the world.

Synonyms

35 2.6

A large place in New York where people buy and sell shares of companies

is the abbreviation formed from its full official name
Big Board
vsNYSE
3 4.6

A nickname for the New York Stock Exchange at 11 Wall Street

is the formal abbreviated initials rather than a casual nickname

A large place in New York where people buy and sell company shares

uses letters without punctuation as its short form

Compounds

6.3

A New York stock market that lists shares of small and medium-sized companies

Surface Forms

NYSE main

Etymology

NYSE stands for New York Stock Exchange. The exchange part means a place to 'swap' or 'trade' 'stocks', so the NYSE is the big market in New York where shares change hands.