New York Stock Exchange Floor 2001
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New york stock exchange floor 2001. Board room extends the full length and width of the new york stock exchange building from broad street on the east to new street on the west. The trading floor inside the stock exchange building after renovations in 2010. Floor brokers and specialists went on to sing god bless america before a reopening heavy in symbolism. When the new york stock exchange has shut its doors on previous occasions such as after the september 11 2001 attacks that has closed markets.
The trading floor a k a. From the floor of the new york stock exchange ribbons in red white and blue adorned each coat and flags hung from the desks. To prevent a stock market meltdown the new york stock exchange nyse and the nasdaq did not open for trading on tuesday morning september 11 2001. The average daily trading value was approximately us 169 billion in 2013.
One place where human traders are safe though is the new york stock. Stock markets closed tuesday after an apparent terrorist attack using aircraft destroyed new york s world trade center and damaged the pentagon outside washington. Nyse installed plexiglass barriers and limited the number of traders present. They the terrorists have lost new york stocks exchange chairman richard grasso said.
Instead of a boisterous trading floor these days many us equity transactions happen in a data center in suburban new jersey. Traders and specialists many wearing patriotic colors hugged and. When american airlines flight 11 crashed into. It is not surprising the floor of the new york.