What is the definition of Ticker in Stock trading?

A ticker is set of characters representing an asset listed on a stock exchange.  Each publicly traded companies have their own ticker symbol (eg. =  AMAZON is AMZN, Microsoft is MSFT, Boeing is BA). Stocks traded on the NYSE are made up of up to 3 characters, all stocks on the NASDAQ have 4 characters, stocks on the FTSE have up to 4.  And each symbol usually comes with a number next to it. The number tells the price of the stock. 


EG, AMZN  1798.98 or MSFT 159.26

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