dual listing

Dual Listing

A company's securities are listed on more than one exchange for the purpose of adding liquidity to the shares and allow investors greater choice in where they can trade their shares.

Notes:

Dual listing is not a widely used technique though it is thought to improve the spread between the bid and ask prices which helps investors obtain a better price for their security. Hewlett-Packard (HP), for example, is listed on both the NYSE and Nasdaq.

See also: Ask, Bid, Bid-Ask Spread, Exchange, Market, Nasdaq, New York Stock Exchange - NYSE

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Dual listing

Listing of a security on more than one exchange, thus increasing the competition for bid and offer prices, the liquidity of the securities, and the length of time the stock can be traded daily (if listed on both the east and west coasts.) See: Listed security.

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dual listing

The listing of a security on more than one exchange. Many stocks are traded on the New York or the American stock exchanges and on one or more of the regional exchanges. For example, the common stock of General Motors is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, but it also enjoys a large amount of activity on regional exchanges. Although dual listing theoretically should improve the liquidity of a stock thereby benefiting investors, most dual listed securities trade chiefly on one exchange.