Stock Exchange Floor Trading

Until 2009 trades on the floor of the new york stock exchange always involved a face to face interaction.
Stock exchange floor trading. The general purpose of a. Trading floor refers to an area where trading activities in financial instruments such as equities fixed income futures etc takes place. The disruption is symbolic underscoring how the new coronavirus has run riot. It was home to traders and brokers who did the actual buying selling and negotiating on the physical exchange.
The new york stock exchange will close its trading floor and temporarily move to all electronic trading nyse president stacey cunningham announced wednesday. The floor of the stock exchange was once the main location for market transactions. There is one podium desk on the trading floor for each of the exchange s three thousand or so stocks. Trading floors aren t unique to the new york stock exchange.
For the first time in its 228 year history the new york stock exchange will tomorrow open without its trading floor. New york cnn business the new york stock exchange is temporarily closing trading floors and moving to fully electronic trading next week to prevent the spread of coronavirus exchange operator. Trading floors sit in the buildings of various.