The last circuit breaker occurred during the height of the Covid pandemic in March 2020, but here's what you need to know in case the next few months play out the way the last week has.

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

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 ...

Circuit breakers were built into the fabric of the stock market to mitigate panics The market sell-off tied to President Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs entered a second day on April 4. After the S&P ...

The global stock market turmoil deepened on Monday, with so-called "circuit breakers" being triggered in several markets, as traders braced for worsening trade tensions in the wake of U.S ...

You can find all the details on the market-wide circuit breaker approval order here. Meanwhile, beyond the market-wide circuit breakers in place, there are also single stock circuit breakers.