New York Stock Exchange Less

General

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$30.1 trillion as of February 2018. The average daily trading value was approximately US$169 billion in 2013. The NYSE trading floor is at the New York Stock Exchange Building on 11 Wall Street and 18 Broad Street and is a National Historic Landmark. An additional trading room, at 30 Broad Street, was closed in February 2007.

The NYSE is owned by Intercontinental Exchange, an American holding company that it also lists (NYSE: ICE). Previously, it was part of NYSE Euronext (NYX), which was formed by the NYSE's 2007 merger with Euronext.

Notable Dates in the NYSE’s History

	What Happens
Oct. 24, 1929	The most devastating stock market crash in the history of the U.S. began on Black Thursday and continued into a sell-off panic on Black Tuesday, Oct. 29. It followed the crash of the London Stock Exchange that took place in September and signaled the onset of the Great Depression, which affected all of the industrialized countries in the West.
Oct. 1, 1934	The NYSE registered as a national securities exchange with the SEC.
Oct. 19, 1987	The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points or a loss of 22.6% in a single day.
Sep. 11, 2001	Trading was shut down for four days at the NYSE following the 9/11 attacks, and resumed on Sep. 17. About $1.4 trillion was lost in the five days of trading following the reopening—the biggest losses in NYSE history.
Mar. 23, 2020	The NYSE temporarily closed floor trading due to the COVID-19 pandemic, opting to continue its operations electronically.