New York Stock Exchange

The New York Stock Exchange was an economic body in the United States of America. It was located on Wall Street in New York City.

The closing numbers of a days trading at the New York Stock Exchange were published daily in the New York Times. In the 1940s, Ardelia Mathis, like thousands of others on low incomes, would bet a small amount that a three digit number they picked would match those at the end of the New York Stock Exchange closing numbers in the Times.