Stock Trading in U.S. Will Pause If S&P 500 Plunges 7%
Has Selloff Delayed the Fed and Put Stocks on Sale?
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If U.S. stocks extend their losses, traders will get a moment to catch their breath.
The thousands of companies listed by the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market will pause for 15 minutes if the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index plunges 7 percent before 3:25 p.m. New York time. The benchmark got close earlier, falling as much as 5.3 percent.