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What you need to know about the stock market’s circuit breakers

by Janet Nguyen

Mar 12, 2020

When the S&P 500 drops 7%, all trading is halted.

Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.

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