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  2. Trading curb - Wikipedia

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    A trading curb (also known as a circuit breaker [1] in Wall Street parlance) is a financial regulatory instrument that is in place to prevent stock market crashes from occurring, and is implemented by the relevant stock exchange organization. Since their inception, circuit breakers have been modified to prevent both speculative gains and ...

  3. 2020 stock market crash - Wikipedia

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    The benchmark stock market index on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange fell by 9.3%. [265] The MERVAL on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange fell 9.5% to 19.5% on the week. [266] 12 March was the second time, following 9 March drop, that the 7%-drop circuit breaker was triggered since being implemented in 2013. [236]

  4. 2010 flash crash - Wikipedia

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    These circuit breakers would halt trading for five minutes on any S&P 500 stock that rises or falls more than 10 percent in a five-minute period. [86] [87] The circuit breakers would only be installed to the 404 New York Stock Exchange listed S&P 500 stocks. The first circuit breakers were installed to only 5 of the S&P 500 companies on Friday ...

  5. Stock market crash - Wikipedia

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    Stock price graph illustrating the 2020 stock market crash, showing a sharp drop in stock price, followed by a recovery. A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a major cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth. Crashes are driven by panic selling and underlying economic ...

  6. Stock market - Wikipedia

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    A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks (also called shares), which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include securities listed on a public stock exchange as well as stock that is only traded privately, such as shares of private companies that are sold to investors ...

  7. Circuit breaker (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A circuit breaker is an automatic electrical switch. Circuit breaker or circuit breakers may also refer to: Trading curb or circuit breaker, a stock market term; Richie Hawtin (born 1970) alias Circuit Breaker, an electronic musician and DJ "Circuit Breaker", a song from Röyksopp's album The Understanding

  8. Market analysis - Wikipedia

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    A market analysis investigates among other things the influence of supply and demand on a market. [4] Organizations use the findings to guide the investment decisions they make to advance their success. The findings of a market analysis may motivate an organization to change various aspects of its investment strategy.

  9. BSE SENSEX - Wikipedia

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    The index hit the lower circuit breaker in barely a minute after the markets opened at 10 am. Trading was suspended for an hour. On reopening at 10.55 am IST , the market saw its biggest intra-day fall when it hit a low of 15,332, down 2,273 points.