DOW JONES Facts |
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The market will halt trading for an hour
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if the Dow drops 10% before 2 pm. |
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Trading will halt for two hours if there
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is a 20% drop in the Dow before 2 pm. |
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If the Dow drops 30%, trading is halted for the day. |
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Significant events, such as the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001
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may be cause for not opening the markets at all or
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closing them early to prevent a panic.
Let's hope it doesn't get that bad. If the Asian markets start off bad tonight, it'll be a day to not be around any computer screeens tommorow.
Best of luck to all.
96klite.
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