The trading curbs go into effect when the S&P 500 crosses certain thresholds during extreme market volatility.

Here's what to know about so-called “circuit breakers" and when they're used to halt trading on stock markets.

Stocks fell sharply again Thursday, with declines nearing levels that would trigger a marketwide trading halt. These are the ...

With the S&P 500 falling at this rate, the stock market could be at risk of triggering a circuit breaker.

During heightened volatility, circuit breakers can be triggered to curtail panic selling and prevent an extreme downward spiral.

Asian stock markets took a huge plunge Monday as market sell-off tied to US President Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs continued.

The US stock market had a choppy first hour on Thursday with Dow Jones falling as much as 2,150 points, the S&P 500 and the ...

Meanwhile, beyond the market-wide circuit breakers in place, there are also single stock circuit breakers. The single stock circuit breakers, or Limit Up-Limit Down (LULD) prevent extreme price ...

The Thursday selloff has torched more than $2.5 trillion in market value so far, but the stock market is still ways away from a trading halt. The S&P 500 was recently down 4.1%. It would need to fall ...

With the S&P 500 falling at this rate, the stock market could be at risk of triggering a circuit breaker. Circuit breakers have become a feature of the stock market that halt trading across ...