The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street is America’s most famous financial marketplace. Stock shares of big public companies are traded there. Until a few years ago, traders walked the floor, shouting orders. Today, almost all of the trading is electronic. But the New York Stock Exchange is still where millions of shares of companies like General Motors and Coca Cola trade every day.
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