Dark pools:
A) are private stock markets used by institutional investors.
B) are stocks issued by firms that have disclosed very limited financial information.
C) are stock option contracts that cover positions in stocks.
D) are contracts used to bet against the default of a debt instrument.

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Dark pools are private markets used by institutional investors such as hedge funds and investment banks to trade large blocks of securities anonymously. They are not available to the general public and are not subject to regulations and transparency requirements of traditional stock exchanges.

Dark Pools