Unlike other stock exchanges, NASDAQ has no central location where trading takes place. Instead, its market makers are located all over the country and make trades by telephone and via the Internet. Because brokers and market makers trade stocks directly instead of on the floor of a stock exchange, NASDAQ is called an over-the-counter market. The term over-the-counter refers to the direct nature of the trading, as in a store where goods are handed over a counter.
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( j# y7 x r/ b7 P与其他证券交易有所不同,纳斯达克(NASDAQ)没有股票交易的中心交易场所。它的市场期票出票人遍及全美各地,通过电话和国际互联网进行交易。由于股票交易是由经纪人和市场期票出票人直接进行,而不是在股票交易大厅内进行的,困此,纳斯达克(NASDAQ)被称为买卖双方直接交易市场。该术语指出了其交易的直接性质,就如同在商店柜台直接进行商品的买卖一样。