BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MARCH 15, 1999 ISSUE
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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