• NYSE opened its coronavirus-shut doors to facilitate IPO

    NYSE opened its coronavirus-shut doors to facilitate IPO

    The New York Stock Exchange quietly used its trading floor to take a company public late last month — days after it had shuttered the famous pit because of a coronavirus outbreak, The Post has learned. The Big Board took a group of people onto the trading floor of its historic building at 11 Wall …
  • NYSE to shut down trading floor Monday due to Chinese virus

    NYSE to shut down trading floor Monday due to Chinese virus

    The Big Board’s famous trading floor is about to go dark. The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday said its COVID-19 screening process has yielded two positive tests. As a result, the exchange said it will close its physical trading floor on Monday, March 23, and move to a fully electronic trading system. “They’re finally …
  • New York Stock Exchange Will Temporarily Close Trading Floors After Two Positive Chinese virus Tests

    New York Stock Exchange Will Temporarily Close Trading Floors After Two Positive Chinese virus Tests

    The New York Stock Exchange announced Wednesday that it will close its trading floors temporarily and move to electronic trading only starting Monday, a decision reached after two people tested positive during coronavirus screenings. Trading floors Wall Street in downtown Manhattan and in San Francisco will be shuttered for the time being as a “precautionary step to …
  • Markets Suffer Worst Day of COVID-19 Crisis as Stocks Nosedive

    Markets Suffer Worst Day of COVID-19 Crisis as Stocks Nosedive

    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell, March 16, 2020. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) The U.S. stock market had its worst day Monday since fears over the COVID-19 outbreak began rattling investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped nearly 3,000 points, or 12.94 percent — its worst …
  • Dow Jonea drop to 2,250 Points, Trading Halted One Minute after Opening

    Dow Jonea drop to 2,250 Points, Trading Halted One Minute after Opening

    Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York. January 4, 2018. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Wall Street took another hit on Monday as the Dow Jones plunged 2,250 points, or 9 percent, while the S&P 500 fell 8 percent and the Nasdaq 6 percent. Trading was halted …