NEW YORK (Reuters) - A plunge in U.S. markets on Monday triggered a 15-minute trading halt in stocks after the S&P 500 fell 7% shortly after the market opened. The declines came as tumbling oil prices ...

On Wall Street, "circuit breakers'' refer to stock market trading halts that prevent markets from spiraling out of control when prices drop too quickly. These circuit breakers indicate excessive short ...

Circuit breakers are trading halts or curbs put in place to quell volatility and avert further market panic. First implemented after the Black Monday crash of 1987, circuit breakers have been ...

Stock market circuit breakers are used to temporarily stop the trading of all securities in the event of rapid, steep downturns in broad market pricing. Circuit breakers trigger automatically on every ...

When stock prices and stock futures fall rapidly in a single session, exchanges implement halts in trading to allow a moment for cooler heads to prevail and avoid market crashes we've seen in the past ...

Circuit breakers were triggered in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan's stock markets as they reacted to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Monday, with U.S. markets opening the week sharply ...