New York Stock Exchange temporarily closing trading floors, going all electronic
紐約證券交易所暫時關閉交易大廳，改為全部進行電子交易
The New York Stock Exchange will temporarily close its trading floors and switch to all-electronic trading beginning when markets open next Monday amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
紐約證券交易所將在新型冠狀病毒疫情期間暫時關閉交易大廳，從下週一開始轉向全電子交易。
"Trading and regulatory oversight of all NYSE-listed securities will continue without interruption," its operator, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., said in a statement Wednesday.
運營商洲際交易所週三在一份聲明中表示："對紐約證交所所有上市證券的交易和監管將繼續持續進行。
The facilities that will be closed include the equities trading floors in New York and San Francisco.
即將關閉的設施包括紐約和舊金山的股票交易大廳。
"While we are taking the precautionary step of closing the trading floors, we continue to firmly believe the markets should remain open and accessible to investors," Stacey Cunningham, the president of the New York Stock Exchange, said in a statement. "All NYSE markets will continue to operate under normal trading hours despite the closure of the trading floors."
紐約證券交易所總裁斯黛西·坎寧安在一份聲明中表示："雖然我們正在採取關閉交易大廳的預防措施，但我們仍堅信市場應該對投資者保持開放和便利。儘管交易大廳關閉，但紐約證交所所有市場仍將在正常交易時間內繼續運行。"
The news comes after a roller coaster past few weeks for U.S. financial markets.
這一消息是過去幾周美國金融市場發生過山車交易狀況之後傳來的。
The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled Wednesday, closing down by more than 1,300 points or 6.28%, in another day of massive volatility over the novel coronavirus crisis.
道瓊斯工業平均指數週三因新冠病毒危機再次出現大幅波動而暴跌，收盤下跌超過1300點，跌幅超過6.28%。
The S&P 500 fell 5.17% to 2,398 and the Nasdaq slipped 4.7% to 6,989 by the time the markets closed. The Dow closed at 19,898, just a few hundred points above the level it was when President Donald Trump took office in January 2017. During intraday trading, the index slipped below that mark.
標準普爾500指數下跌5.17%，跌至2,398點，納斯達克指數下跌4.7%，跌至6,989點。道瓊斯指數收於19,898點，僅比2017年1月唐納德·特朗普總統就職時的水平高出幾百點。盤中交易期間，該指數曾跌破該標誌點數。
Trading was briefly halted just before 1 p.m. after the S&P 500 dipped below the 7% threshold.
在標準普爾500指數跌破7%的門檻後，交易在下午1點前短暫停止。
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