NYSE Announces First-Half 2002 Financial Results

The New York Stock Exchange reported revenues of $425.0 million and net income of $20.7 million in the first six months of 2002, as compared with $444.7 million in revenue and $41.7 million in net income during the same period a year ago.

For second-quarter 2002, revenues totaled $214.3 million and net income was $5.6 million, compared with $231.8 million and $19.9 million, respectively, in second-quarter 2001.

Average daily trading volume for the first six months of 2002 was 1.38 billion shares worth $42.5 billion, compared with 1.22 billion shares worth $45.0 billion in the comparable period of 2001. In the first half of 2002, 77 companies joined the list of NYSE-listed stocks, compared with 64 in the year-ago period.