A stock listed on a given exchange that may be traded off the physical confines of the exchange. These stocks are eligible for over-the-counter trading. All stocks listed after April 26, 1979 are 19c-3 stocks. The name refers to SEC rule 19c-3, which permitted these transactions. The rule was adopted as part of a move toward an experimental National Market System.
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