The three major stock indexes finished the day down by more than 2 percent as money poured into safer investments. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 362 points, its fourth worst trading day of the year. The declines were severe enough to trigger automatic trading curbs at the New York Stock Exchange, designed to limit wild market swings. The Federal Reserve added $41 billion to the financial system to help keep it operating smoothly, making it the biggest injection of funds since Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Ironically I'd bet most people don't realize that there are automatic trading curbs in place, thankfully it is not something that is put into place very often.
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