China Shuts down Day's Stock Trading after Markets Crash; Bitcoin Not Impacted, Yet
Chinese shares experienced their worst ever start to a year after Chinese stock markets plunged 7% in their opening session of 2016 on Monday. It began with an initial halt of CSI-300 Futures (Chinese Securities Index) for 15-minutes at a 5 percent level, a move that failed to stop the retreat. When the market re-opened following the temporary suspension, shares began extending their losses. As the stock market tumbled to 7%, China’s new “circuit breaker” measures were triggered, a mechanism enforced by the securities regulator to automatically prevent further volatility and losses in the....
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