ITEM 1.      DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

             PC Quote, Inc. (the "Company") incorporates by reference into this
             Registration Statement the description of the Company's common
             stock contained in (a) those sections of the Company's Proxy 
             Statement dated July 2, 1987 entitled "THE REINCORPORATION --
             General; -- Purpose and Effects of the Reincorporation; -- 
             Comparison of Stockholders' Rights" and attached as Exhibit A
             hereto, and (b) the Company's Certificate of Incorporation 
             attached as Exhibit B hereto.

ITEM 2.      EXHIBITS.

             The securities described herein are to be registered on the 
             American Stock Exchange, on which no other securities of the 
             Registrant are registered.  Accordingly, the following exhibits 
             required  in accordance with Part II to the Instructions as to 
             exhibits for Form 8-A have been duly filed with the American 
             Stock Exchange  but not with the Securities and Exchange
             Commission:

             1.   Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders:

                  (A)  Those sections of the Company's Proxy Statement dated
                       July 2, 1987 entitled "The Reincorporation - General;
                       - Purpose and Effects of the Reincorporation; -
                       Comparison of Stockholders Rights."

                  (B)  The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.

                  (C)  The Company's By Laws, as amended.

             2.   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year 
                  ended December 31, 1995.

             3.   All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13 or 
                  Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 
                  "Act") since December 31, 1995.

             4.   The Company's Proxy Statement dated May 6, 1996.

             5.   Specimen of the security being registered hereunder.

             6.   The Company's Annual Report to Stockholders dated 
                  December 31, 1995.