A trader uses a hand sanitizer dispenser on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 12. Stocks fell so fast on Wall Street at the opening bell on Thursday that they triggered an automatic, 15-minute trading halt for the second time this week. The so-called circuit breakers were first adopted after the 1987 crash, and until this week hadn’t been tripped since 1997. The Dow officially went into a bear market on Wednesday, when it finished the day down more than 20 percentt from its all-time high. For the S&P 500, this is the fastest drop since World War II from a record high to a bear market.-AP

Source: The Standard March 12, 2020 20:48 UTC