New York Stock Exchange to close trading floor after two people test positive for coronavirus
by Zachary Halaschak
| March 18, 2020 07:53 PM
The historic New York Stock Exchange trading floor will temporarily shut down after two people tested positive this week.
Instead, the exchange will begin fully electronic trading, which will begin on Monday, according to CNBC. Among the facilities set to close because of the pandemic are the NYSE equities trading floor and NYSE American Options trading floor in New York, plus the NYSE Arca Options trading floor in San Francisco.
Stacey Cunningham, president of the NYSE, said the changes are being implemented because two people tested positive during screenings that had been set up on the trading floor.
“We implemented a number of safety precautions over the past couple of weeks and, starting on Monday this week, we started preemptive testing of employees and screening of anyone who came into the building,†Cunningham said.
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