regional exchange

regional exchange definition - business

regional exchange

A securities exchange that specializes in the stocks and bonds of companies with a regional, rather than a national, interest. The regional exchanges provide the only organized trading in many of these securities. They also list and trade many of the securities traded in one or more of the national exchanges.

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