New York Stock Exchange workers wheel a container full of sand bags past the exchange in New York October 28, 2012. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
NEW YORK: U.S. stock and options markets will be closed on Monday, and possibly Tuesday, as regulators, exchanges and brokers worry about the integrity of markets and the safety of employees in the face of Hurricane Sandy.
Market participants and regulators decided late on Sunday to shut the market, reversing a plan to keep electronic trading going on Monday. Bond markets will remain open, but will close at noon, a trade group said.
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