During heightened volatility, circuit breakers can be triggered to curtail panic selling and prevent an extreme downward spiral. When markets drop too much, too fast, regulators rely on circuit ...

Trading had to be halted in Indian markets for 45 minutes today after Nifty50 index crashed 10% in early trade. Trading had to to be halted with Nifty down 10.07% to 8,624 while BSE also halted ...

The US stock market had a choppy first hour on Thursday with Dow Jones falling as much as 2,150 points, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq down between 6.5% to 7%. The US stock market had a choppy first hour ...

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Stock exchanges BSE and NSE today halted trading for 45 minutes within less than an hour of market opening after benchmark index Sensex crashed 10% in early trade. Trading had to to be halted on NSE ...

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