The National Assn. of Securities Dealers said...

The National Assn. of Securities Dealers said it has asked federal regulators for permission to begin an electronic bulletin board for price quotations of low-volume, over-the-counter stocks. The NASD currently runs an automated quotation system for high-volume stocks, but lists prices for smaller stocks by paper in the so-called pink sheets. The association told the Securities and Exchange Commission that the new bulletin board system, which it wants to operate for a six-month trial, would cover about 7,000 of the 20,000 to 30,000 pink sheet stocks.