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SEC seeks comment on industry plan to make circuit-breaker program permanent

By Brian Baker ( January 4, 2019, 22:17 GMT | Insight) -- The national securities exchanges proposed making permanent a five-year pilot program of circuit-breakers to pause trading during unusual stock market swings. “The plan has proved to be a valuable tool in dampening and preventing extreme price volatility,” the filing by the exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said. The proposal, issued recently for public comment by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, also would narrow price bands in effect at the beginning and end of the trading day.The national securities exchanges proposed making permanent a five-year pilot program of circuit-breakers to pause trading during unusual stock market swings....

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