| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 15, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| FINANCE
Tale of the Tape The New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ remain the two major U.S. exchanges,
but both are under competitive pressure from alternative trading systems:
% OF NYSE % OF NASDAQ
TRADING SYSTEM VOLUME VOLUME
INSTINET & OTHER ELECTRONIC 4%* 20%
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
PACIFIC EXCHANGE AND 6 0
OTHER REGIONALS
NYSE SPECIALISTS AND 83 0
FLOOR TRADERS
NASDAQ MARKET-MAKERS 7 80
*BW estimate; ECN trades are reported through NASDAQ and are not tracked
separately.
DATA: SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION, EXCHANGES
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