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Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that happened on this date. What Happened On May 17, 1792, the signing of the Buttonwood Agreement laid the groundwork for the New York Stock Exchange. Where Was The Market The Dow and S&P 500 weren’t introduced for...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened On April 15, 1998, the New York Stock Exchange adjusted its circuit breaker standards to trigger halts after a 10-percent decline. Where The Market Was The S&P 500 finished the day...

The New York Stock Exchange will have an abbreviated trading session from 9:30 a.m. ET to 1 p.m. ET this Friday following a Thanksgiving Day closure. The holiday-shortened trading session may seem atypical for today’s traders, but NYSE trading hours haven’t always been 9:30 a.m. to 4 p....

Lithium company Livent is set to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “LTHM.” The stock is expected to debut Thursday, Oct. 11, although an official IPO date has not yet been released. The Details The company will sell 20 million shares of common stock at...

Canada-based Aurora Cannabis Inc (OTC: ACBFF) has applied to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Aurora Cannabis will begin trading on the NYSE effective Tuesday, Oct. 23. What To Know The company intends to list under the ticker symbol ACB, but it will continue to list on the Toronto Stock...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day 18 years ago, the New York Stock Exchange began trading in decimal prices rather than eighths of a dollar for the first time. Where The Market Was The Dow Jones Industrial...

Investors should expect a rise in cannabis IPOs in Canada — rather than the U.S. — due to the country's legalization of recreational use, according to AxisWire's 2018 Cannabis Trend Report.  What Happened Canada possesses more short-term advantages for going...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that happened on this date. What Happened? On this day 50 years ago, Muriel Siebert became the first female member of the New York Stock Exchange. Where Was The Market? The S&P 500 was trading at 95.89 and the Dow Jones...

Trading halted! But don’t panic. In fact, the whole idea is to prevent any such anxiety. Stock markets, exchanges and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are authorized to suspend trading on individual securities to protect investors and level the field between informed, reactive...

The American Stock Exchange ("Amex") is currently called the NYSE MKT LLC and located in New York; it has the distinction of being the third-largest exchange by trading volume in the United States. After being acquired by the NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) on Oct. 1, 2008, for $260 million,...

Shareholders of Indian IT company Wipro Limited (ADR) (NYSE: WIT) went on quite a ride Monday on what appears to be confusion over an upcoming dividend payment. Shares plummeted 50 percent in early trading on 170,000 in volume, despite the company’s $20.3 billion market cap. At about 9 a.m.,...

U.S. stock traders are looking forward to a three-day weekend this week as the market will be closed on Monday, February 20, in observance of President's Day/Washington’s Birthday. February 20 is one of only nine stock market holidays in 2017. The U.S. stock market never closes for...

Reuters reported on Wednesday the NYSE's plan to expand floor trading in the exchange to include all 8,600 U.S. equities by the end of 2017. The initiative to introduce over 5,000 previously excluded securities not displayed on the exchange's Big Board is aimed at increasing volume while...

“While we focus mostly on private companies, I do think there are some exciting sectors [for the cannabis industry] like the testing technologies sector as well as the AgTech sector,” Troy Dayton CEO of the ArcView Group and famed legalization advocate told Benzinga in a recent...