National Market System

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
NMS
Pronunciation
/ˈnæʃənəl ˈmɑrkɪt ˈsɪstəm/
Category
Business
Related Field
Stock Exchange

Examples in Context

  1. Big stock exchanges in the United States are linked in what is known as the national market system plan.
  2. But there are other ways of investing that operate outside the national market system.
  3. Further efforts should be made to open up market prices, set up and improve a unified and orderly national market system for fair competition.
  4. In the US, a new system of rules known as Regulation National Market System(NMS), to be phased in next year, requires brokers to show they have shopped across exchanges and found the best price.
  5. The importance of certification has been a general recognition, and the development level of the certification industry has been an important symbol measure of a national market system.

Other meanings of NMS