Meaning & use
NYSE
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UK/ˌen waɪ es ˈiː/
US/ˌen waɪ es ˈi/
Meaning
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The New York Stock Exchange, a large American market where shares of companies are bought and sold.
Grammar: Singular and usually used with the: the NYSE opens at 9:30 a.m.
Patterns
- listed on the NYSE
- trade on the NYSE
The company's shares began trading on the NYSE this morning.
Stocks on the NYSE fell sharply after the announcement.
The NYSE is located on Wall Street.
Common combinations
- listed on the NYSE
- The firm has been listed on the NYSE since 1998.
- trade on the NYSE
- Its shares trade on the NYSE under a single symbol.
- NYSE-listed company
- She works for an NYSE-listed company.
- NYSE opening bell
- He rang the NYSE opening bell.
Synonyms and how they differ
- the Big Board
- The Big Board is an older informal nickname for the NYSE specifically.
- Wall Street
- Wall Street stands for the whole American financial industry, while NYSE is one particular exchange.
- Nasdaq
- Nasdaq is a different American exchange that is fully electronic and known for technology companies.
Word family
- stock exchange noun
- a market for trading shares
- stock noun
- a share in a company
- listing noun
- the placing of a company's shares on an exchange
Commonly confused: NYSE or Nasdaq?
NYSE vs Nasdaq
Nasdaq is a separate exchange from the NYSE, so a company is listed on one or the other, not both at once.
Practice
What does NYSE stand for?
Choose one answer.
NYSE is the abbreviation for the New York Stock Exchange. The other options are not real institutions.
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