Walmart makes the leap from NYSE to Nasdaq in biggest-ever exchange transfer

The Nasdaq just landed one of the most old-school names imaginable: Walmart.The retail behemoth announced Thursday that it’s ditching its decades-long home on the New York Stock Exchange and moving its primary listing to the tech-focused Nasdaq—explicitly citing artificial intelligence as one of the factors in its decision to join the innovation-heavy index.
Reuters:‎The move by Walmart, which has a market value of about $852 billion, marks the biggest-ever exchange transfer on