Where is the NYSE located?

Located on Wall Street in New York City and owned by Intercontinental Exchange ( ICE -0.18% ), the NYSE has a history that goes back more than 200 years. Most of the largest, best-known, and most prestigious businesses in the world choose to list their shares on the stock exchange.

How does the NYSE work?

It provides a central marketplace for investors to buy and sell stock. It enables companies to list their shares and raise capital from interested investors. The NYSE provides a location where its members can trade stock in listed companies. Historically, traders called out their buy or sell orders to each other on the exchange trading floor.

What is NYSE Euronext?

On April 4, 2007, the NYSE Group completed its merger with Euronext, the European combined stock market, thus forming NYSE Euronext, the first transatlantic stock exchange. Wall Street is the leading U.S. money center for international financial activities and the foremost U.S. location for the conduct of wholesale financial services.

What is the NYSE Institute?

The New York Stock Exchange recently launched the NYSE Institute in support of U.S. Capital Markets and NYSE-listed companies. NYSE Vice Chairman and newly appointed NYSE Institute President John Tuttle discusses this new initiative and the promise it holds for global policymakers and capital markets in the U.S. and abroad.