New York Stock Exchange - Becoming known as the S&P 500

Time: 1957

Place: U.S.

Details: In 1957, after Poor's Publishing merged with the Standard Statistics Bureau, the Standard & Poors composite index grew to track 500 companies on the NYSE, becoming known as the S&P 500.

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1957 - Tokyo, Japan