China suspends circuit-breaker amid market madness

China suspends its newly minted circuit-breaker mechanism designed to help stabilise the equity market after it instead sparked stock sell-offs.

Julie Zhu

January 07, 2016

China’s securities regulator has suspended its newly implemented circuit-breaker mechanism designed to tame market volatility after it exacerbated stock sell-offs and shut down equity trading early twice in one week.

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