Circuit Breakers are measures instituted by major stock and commodities exchanges to temporarily halt trading when the market experiences a significant decline. These measures aim to prevent a market free-fall, allowing for a rebalance of buy and sell orders and giving the public time to assimilate current news.
Suspended trading refers to the temporary halt in trading of a particular security, usually in anticipation of a major news announcement or to correct imbalances in buy and sell orders.
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