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# NYSE
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/nyse
Last modified: 2026-10-17

The NYSE is the New York Stock Exchange, started in 1792 when twenty four brokers [agreed to trade only with each other](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/us-stock-market-explained). Most large, old American companies list here, it still runs a floor, and a [designated market maker runs each stock's opening and closing auction](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/how-us-stock-prices-form). It is one of about twenty exchanges trading the same stock, so the price you see is [one national number](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/how-us-stock-prices-form), not the NYSE's alone.

## Related terms

- Closing auction (official close): https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/closing-auction
- Designated market maker: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/designated-market-maker
- Market maker: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/market-maker
- NASDAQ: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/nasdaq
- NYSE Arca: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/nyse-arca
- US ETF: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/us-etf