American Stock Exchange

The NYSE Amex Equities, formerly American Stock Exchange (AMEX ) is a stock exchange in New York, USA, which is mainly specialized in the trading of options and exchange traded funds.

The company is part of the NYSE Group Inc., a subsidiary of NYSE Euro Next Inc., and is registered in Delaware. It is divided into the European NYSE Alternext, with 131 listed companies and the American NYSE Amex with 466 listed companies (as of 31 December 2008). NYSE Amex is registered under the Exchange Act.

History

The Exchange was founded in 1842 as the New York Curb Exchange on Broad Street, near Exchange Place, in New York. 1921 moved the stock exchange based at the Trinity Place. On January 5, 1953, she was named the American Stock Exchange. Was on June 2, 1978, the building of the AMEX, built in 1921 in Art Deco style, declared a National Historic Landmark.

On 17 January 2008, the NYSE Euro Next announced the acquisition of the American Stock Exchange. The shareholders received shares in the following months worth of 260 million dollars ( 178 million euros ). The AMEX was tested in 2007 a ​​cooperation or a merger with different exchanges. As a potential partner or buyer, the German stock exchange in conversation had been. On 1 October 2008, the purchase was completed and the AMEX was renamed NYSE Alternext U.S.. Five months later, on 6 March 2009, the stock market got the name NYSE Amex.