NASDAQ - National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
The NASDAQ stock exchange is popularly known as the exchange where the high tech stocks of the dot-com boom are traded. The Exchange gets its name from formerly being an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations and when founded in 1971 was the worlds first electronic stock market - and continues to be the largest electronic exchange in the USA.
NASDAQ is able to boast about 3,300 listed companies and, on average, more trades per day than any other USA market. The companies that are listed on the NASDAQ represent a wide range of industries including retail, communications, technology and financial services.
The primary index on the NASDAQ stock exchange is the NASDAQ-100 Index which represent the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the exchange by market capalization.
Market hours on the NASDAQ are 9.30am to 4.00pm (EST), Monday to Friday.
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