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The history of the New York Stock Exchange External Link begins with the signing of the Buttonwood Agreement by twenty-four New York City stockbrokers and merchants on May 17, 1792, outside at 68 Wall Street under a Buttonwood tree. In the beginning there were five securities traded in New York City with the first listed company on the NYSE being the Bank of New York.
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The beginning and current of Nase and Nasdaq.
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Black Thursday
Stock prices fall sharply on October 24, Black Thursday, with record volume of nearly 13 million shares. Five days later, the market crashes on volume of over 16 million shares -- a level not to be surpassed for 39 years. In popular imagery, the crash has come to mark the beginning of the Great Depression -
NASDAQ began trading on February 8, 1971, it was the world's first electronic stock market.
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Nike completes an initial public offering of 2,377,000 shares of Class B common stock on December 2.
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Dow's Biggest Point Jump
March 16
The DJIA experiences its largest one-day point gain - 499.19 points - to close at 10,630.60. -
Dow's Biggest Point Slide
September 17
The DJIA plummets 684.81 points, closing at 8,920.70 - its steepest point decline in a single day. -
First Trade: 11:56 am ET at $100.01
Price: $85.00
Method: Modified Dutch Auction
Lead Underwriters: Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse First Boston
Stock Symbol: GOOG
Exchange: NASDAQ
No. of Shares Offered: 19,605,052
Value of Offering: $1.67 billion
Initial Market Cap: $23.1 billion
Total Initial Shares Outstanding: 271.2 million
(33.6 mil. class A, 237.6 mil. class B)
Allocation Percentage: 74.2% of bidded shares -
The social networking company Facebook held its initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, May 18, 2012. The IPO was the biggest in technology and one of the biggest in Internet history, with a peak market capitalization of over $104 billion. Media pundits called it a "cultural touchstone."
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2014-12-18 17,778.15 +421.28 +2.43
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11,167.31
