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Intermarket Surveillance Information System

Intermarket Surveillance Information System definition - finance
A data sharing tool that collects information on equity and options transactions. It allows exchange officials and regulators to monitor the market and protect the investing public. The information is provided online to give surveillance personnel complete and timely data about transactions and to help them spot potential violations.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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