Traders woke up to a sharply lower stock market on Monday morning and a spike in volatility. The Dow opened 2.7% lower, the S&P 500 opened 4.2% lower and the Nasdaq Composite opened 6% lower. The ...

The S&P 500 traded as low as 5,101.75 on Friday, down more than 5%. While this certainly feels like a significant decline, the index would have to drop to 5,018.76 to trigger the first circuit ...

BNN Bloomberg Andrew Bell provides analysis on what’s happening on the markets and when a circuit breaker is triggered. April 07, 2025 at 10:14AM EDT ...

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) announced that it’s revising circuit breaker trigger levels for Wednesday amid expectations of heightened market volatility in the ...

A circuit-breaker will be triggered in three stages. In the first stage, equity trading will be halted for 30 minutes if the SET index falls by 8%, down from the previous 10%.

A circuit breaker will be triggered if the S&P 500 falls 7%, 13% or 20%. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto Traders woke up to a sharply lower stock market on Monday morning and a spike in volatility.

Watch this level for a circuit-breaker to be triggered. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto The market sell-off tied to President Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs entered a second day on April 4.