Bank Trades Halted for Large List of US Banks

Bank Trades Halted for Large List of US Banks

(ReliableNews.org) – The US Stock Market has a number of safeguards in place to try to mitigate the damage when there is a major upset. One of the tools is a pause on trading certain companies’ shares. That’s what happened recently.

When Silicon Valley Bank failed on March 10, and then Signature Bank failed two days later, experts immediately began to worry about a larger impact on the market. Regulators jumped to action and suspended trades for a list of banks whose values sharply fell when the market opened on March 13. A number of financial institutions impacted had to pause and resume trades several times throughout the day.

The following institutions were impacted by the trading pauses:

  • PacWest Bancorp
  • Western Alliance Bancorporation Common Stock
  • OceanFirst Fnl Dp Sh Pfd A
  • First Republic Bank Common Stock
  • Zions Bancorporation N.A.
  • Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. Common Stock
  • Customers Bancorp, Inc. Common Stock
  • East West Bancorp, Inc.
  • First Horizon Corporation Common Stock
  • Comerica Incorporated Common Stock
  • Regions Financial Corporation Common Stock
  • Bank of Hawaii Corporation Common Stock
  • KeyCorp Common Stock
  • Customers Bancorp, Inc. 5.375% Subordinated Notes Due 2034
  • Coastal Financial Corp Cm St
  • Macatawa Bank Corporation
  • The Charles Schwab Corporation Common Stock
  • Texas Capital Bnc Dpsh 5.75 Ps – Preferred Stock
  • United Community Bk Dep
  • Huntington Banc Dep Shs J
  • Magyar Bancorp Inc.

First Republic Bank Common Stock was one of the institutions that saw its shares halted and resumed several times throughout the day. Ultimately, it was down more than 60% when the market closed for the day.

As for Silicon Valley Bank, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers accused the bank of committing “one of the most elementary errors” when it borrowed in the short term but invested in the long term. He explained that when interest rates went up, the bank’s assets lost their value which then created a major problem for the institution.

Federal regulators have now taken control of the bank’s deposits.

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