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Chicago Stock Exchange

stock exchange, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Also known as: CHX, Midwest Stock Exchange
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Chicago Stock Exchange in 1949
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Stock traders on the floor at the Chicago Stock Exchange; photograph by Stanley Kubrick for Look magazine, 1949.
Stanley Kubrick—Look/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ6-2377)
formerly (1949–93):
Midwest Stock Exchange
Date:
1882 - present
Ticker:
ICE
Share price:
$132.94 (mkt close, Apr. 10, 2024)
Market cap:
$77.34 bil.
Annual revenue:
$9.90 bil.
Earnings per share (prev. year):
$5.63
Sector:
Finance
Industry:
Securities Exchanges
CEO:
Jeffrey C. Sprecher

Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX), largest of the regional stock exchanges in the United States. The Chicago Stock Exchange was founded in 1882 to trade primarily local securities, particularly stocks and bonds of utility, banking, and railroad companies. In 1949 the exchange merged with those of St. Louis, Cleveland, and Minneapolis–St. Paul to form the Midwest Stock Exchange; the New Orleans Stock Exchange joined in 1959. In 1993 the name reverted to the Chicago Stock Exchange.

The Chicago Stock Exchange offers trading in more than 3,000 stocks, including New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex Equities, and NASDAQ (over-the-counter) issues along with stocks of many Chicago-area companies. It specializes in trading large blocks of stock for financial institutions, and its automated trading systems are marketed to exchanges throughout the world.

This article was most recently revised and updated by John M. Cunningham.