Business: Lower Seats

Seats on the New York Stock Exchange rocked uncomfortably when the market declined last week. In the first sales of quarter-seats, 16 quarter-seats sold for $109,500 each, making a whole seat worth approximately $440,000. Before the recent 25% increase in the Exchange's membership, the price of a seat had reached $625,000.

Last week there remained 270½ new seats yet to be filled. Their value will probably skip up and down with the nervous pulse of the market.

...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!