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Earlier this week, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of
Canada (IIROC) published Notice 12-0207 setting out its circuit
breakers for the third quarter of 2012, which are set in
coordination with those in U.S. markets. In the U.S.,
trading halts occur based on trigger levels of 10%, 20% and
30% drops of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, calculated at
the beginning of each quarter using the previous month's
average closing value. The NYSE thresholds for Q3 2012 are 1,250
points, 2,500 points and 3,750 points respectively.
It is IIROC's policy that it will coordinate trading halts
with U.S. markets, but for days when Canadian markets are open and
American markets are closed, IIROC has published related
triggers based on drops in the S&P/TSX Composite
Index. The TSX trigger levels are: Level 1 (10%)
- 1,150 points; Level 2 (20%) - 2,300 points and Level 3
(30%) - 3,400 points, and result in trading halts ranging from
30 minutes to the balance of the trading session, depending on the
time of day and magnitude of the market decline.
Note: The thresholds in the original
IIROC notice were inadvertently transposed. An updated notice
is expected soon.
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