Nasdaq. A computerized system established by the NASD to facilitate trading...
A computerized system that provides up-to-the-minute price quotations on about 5,000 of the more actively traded over-the-counter stocks.
NASDAQ is the second largest equity market in the USA and lists thousands of US and foreign companies. In recent years it has attracted a lot of high technology companies. The Stock Exchange Market offers electronic trading using computers and a vast telecommunications network.
A "virtual stock exchange"--that is, a stock market without a trading floor whose orders are made through a computer network (Usually, high-tech stocks are listed here.)
The second largest stock exchange in the US, specialising in high-tech and internet-related companies, such as Microsoft. The movements of the Nasdaq can have a significant effect on the UK markets, particularly the recently-launched TechMark index of technology, media and telephony companies. Its UK web site is www.nasdaq.co.uk.
A computerized trading system established by the NASD for over-the-counter stocks.
Owned and operated by the National Association of Securities Dealers, NASDAQ is a computerized system that provides brokers and dealers with price quotations for over-the-counter and listed securities.
A computerized system that provides brokers and dealers with price quotations for about 5,000 of the more actively traded over-the-counter stocks.