# Suspended trading

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## Definition

The temporary suspension of all operations related to a security traded on the exchange. This occurs whenever serious market disruptions have occurred. Suspension is initiated by the stock exchange management on its own initiative or at the request of a listed corporation (suspended trading is temporary halt in trading of a security to correct serious imbalance between buy and sell orders. Such an imbalance is frequently caused by speculation resulting from an important news announcement, such as a worse than anticipated earnings report, a merger announcement, a significant innovation or major legal problems). - See discontinuation, listing, suspended. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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