New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE; abbreviation: NYSE, NYSE) is the world's No. 1 exchange in terms of total market capitalization of listed companies, No. 1 in terms of the number and market capitalization of IPOs, and No. 2 in terms of trading volume, and one of the four largest exchanges in the world (the other three being the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), the London Stock Exchange (LSE), and the Nasdaq, respectively). in late April 2005, the NYSE merged with the All-Electronics Exchange (Archipelago) in late April 2005 and became a for-profit organization.On June 1, 2006, NYSE merged with Euronext to form NYSE Euronext, Inc.