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03/19/2020

NYSE to Shut Trading Floor Monday

They are moving to electronic trading

On March 23, 2020, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will temporarily shut its trading floors and move to fully electronic trading after a trader and an employee both tested positive for coronavirus this week. The exchange’s equities and options trading floors in New York will close, as will its options trading pit in San Francisco, according to a statement by NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

The company said in a notice to traders that two individuals were screened on Monday and tested positive for coronavirus. The NYSE employee and a person who worked on the trading floor both were barred from entering the building this week and were last inside on Friday.

“Our markets are fully capable of operating in an all-electronic fashion to serve all participants, and we will proceed in that manner until we can re-open our trading floors to our members,” said NYSE President Stacey Cunningham. “While we are taking the precautionary step of closing the trading floors, we continue to firmly believe the markets should remain open and accessible to investors. All NYSE markets will continue to operate under normal trading hours despite the closure of the trading floors.”

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