Wall Street puts 15-minute trading halt as S&P 500 index falls 7 per cent
Business | March 09, 2020 19:29 ISTStocks plunged 7% on Wall Street Monday, triggering a trading halt for 15 minutes. The steep drop followed similar falls in Europe after a fight among major crude-producing countries jolted investors already on edge about the widening fallout from the outbreak of the new coronavirus. Indexes in London and Frankfurt dropped by more than 7%.