NYSE History
New York Stock Exchange History
NYSE history. History of the NYSE. New York Stock Exchange Inc. volume information. NYSE group and Euronext.
 
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The NY stock exchange was founded by 24 brokers and merchants who met beneath a
buttonwood tree
in Battery Park on May 17, 1792. You'll find their names listed
HERE.
It was originally called the New York Stock & Exchange Board. The name was shortened in 1863.The number of stock exchange seats available for purchase was limited to 1,366 until April of 2006 when the NY stock exchange merged with the Archipelago electronic stock exchange. The 2 companies formed the new NYSE Group. At that time the seats were converted into stock shares and began to trade under the stock symbol NYSE:NYX. While seats were still for sale, they sold for between $2,720 in 1871 and $4,000,000 in 2005. The first company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange was Bank of New York. Shares of its stock were traded outside on the street until the 24 broker/merchants rented space at 40 Wall Street in 1817. It was at this time that they adopted a constitution with rules governing the conduct of business. The invention of the telegraph in 1844 made communication between stock brokers and investors outside New York possible and increased public participation in the markets. In 1865 the NYSE stock exchange moved into new quarters at 10-12 Broad Street just south of Wall Street. The exchange later purchased some adjacent property and made Wall and Broad the epicenter of stock trading in the U.S. That same year, the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln caused the markets to close for more than a week. Two years later, in 1867, Edward Calahan invented the first stock ticker. This gave investors access to current NYSE stock prices. In 1871 continuous
intraday trading
began with the institution of market makers or specialists. Prior to this, stocks were called in 2 daily session--one in the morning and one in the afternoon. But it wasn't until 1878 that the first telephone was installed on the trading floor. In 1889 the NYSE started the New York Quotation Company to provide ticker service to subscribers. In 1895 the NY stock exchange urged all listed companies to send an annual report to their shareholders. They did this on their own as the
Securities Exchange Commission
did not yet exist.
NYSE History 1900-2000
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In 1903 the exchange moved (just a little) into its current quarters at 18 Broad Street.In 1914 World War I causes stock prices to plunge on U.S. and foreign stock exchanges alike. This led to the longest closing in the history of the NYSE. The exchange was closed for more than 4 months. America emerges from WWI a lender rather than a borrower and New York replaces London as the financial center of the universe. In 1929 a central stock market quote system was established providing immediate bid and ask prices by phone. In late October of that year
the stock market crash of 1929
would mark the beginning of the deepest depression in U.S. history. The Dow fell 89% before the dust settled, making this the biggest crash in
stock market history.
In 1939 the NYSE trading floor gallery opened to the public. In 1943 women began to work on the trading floor for the first time in NYSE history. In 1953 the stock exchange took a shareowner census and discovered that nearly 6.5 million Americans owned common stock. The following year the NYSE instituted a Monthly Investment Plan allowing people to invest in the stock market in $40 installments. In 1967 Muriel Siebert became the first female member of the NYSE. In 1970 Joseph L. Searles III made NYSE history by becoming the first African-American member. In 1977 the exchange began permitting foreign brokers to become members. In 1979 a major upgrade was undertaken to modernize and increase efficiency. The NYSE also expanded into futures trading by forming the New York Futures Exchange. In 1990 another shareowner census indicated that more than 51 million Americans owned common stock. In 1991 NYSE
after hours trading
began. The 3 day settlement period for NYSE stocks was introduced in 1995. The following year, real time stock tickers went live on CNBC and CNN. Before this all stock market data had been subject to a 20 minute delay.
NYSE History 2000-Present
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In the year 2000, stocks began to trade in decimal price increments for the first time in NYSE history. FedEx was the first stock to trade this way. Prior to this time stocks had been traded in "sixteenths".NYSE Direct was launched the same year. This is an automated execution service which provides automatic execution of
limit orders
of up to 1,099 shares at the published NYSE stock quote. The first exchange traded fund was also introduced in 2000. On January 4, 2001 New York Stock Exchange volume exceeded 2 billion shares for the first time in NYSE history. Trading in fractions ended on the 29th. The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index was relaunched in 2003 with a new base value of 5,000. New stock exchange rules went into effect concerning the corporate governance of NYSE companies. NYSE companies would now have to have a majority of independent directors. The stock exchange also practiced what it was preaching by adopting an independent board of directors and separating the roles of CEO and Chairman. In 2004 the NYSE eliminated the limits on the size, timing, and types of orders that could be submitted via the NYSE Direct+ system. This increased the amount of electronic NYSE trading. On March 7, 2006 the NYSE and Archipelago Holdings, Inc. merged and the NYSE Group, Inc. was born. The next day, shares of the for-profit NYSE Group begin trading on the stock exchange under the stock symbol NYX. On September 18, the NYSE Group took an ownership stake in Marco Polo Network, an electronic platform by which investors can trade stocks and derivatives listed on stock exchanges in emerging markets. On April 4, 2007 the NYSE Group, Inc. and Euronext N.V. merge uniting major financial markets across Europe and the U.S. The new company is called NYSE Euronext. On September 4, the New York Stock Exchange opened an office in Beijing, China. This is a first in NYSE history and in the history of the stock market. The Chinese government has never before allowed foreign stock exchanges to open offices in China. On March 19, 2008 Visa Inc., the largest IPO, not only in the history of the NYSE but also in the history of the U.S. markets, became an NYSE listing. On June 24, NYSE stock prices became available to the trading public in real time at no charge. On September 8, NYSE Euronext opened a futures exchange and begins trading domestic futures. Later in the year, Euronext NYSE would acquire the American Stock Exchange (the AMEX) makeing itself the 3rd largest U.S. options market. The acquisition of the AMEX adds 500 companies to NYSE listings. On October 24, the Securities Exchange Commission approves new NYSE rules which transform NYSE specialists into Designated Market Makers with greater responsibility for providing market liquidity. The new rules also put the DMMs on a more level playing field with the investing public. Additionally, the NYSE introduces a new class of NYSE members called Supplemental Liquidity Providers with incentives to add liquidity to the stock exchange.
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