# der Handelsstopp

der Handelsstopp is a German noun meaning “trading halt”. Forms: des Handelsstopps, die Handelsstoppe.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Handelsstopps
- Plural: die Handelsstoppe

## Meanings

1. trading halt, trading suspension (a temporary suspension of trading for a specific security or an entire exchange, often due to extreme volatility or pending news)
   - Die Börsenaufsicht verhängte einen vorübergehenden Handelsstopp, um die Wirtschaftskraft der Anleger vor den Folgen irrationaler Panikverkäufe zu bewahren. — The stock exchange supervisory authority imposed a temporary trading halt to protect the economic power of investors from the consequences of irrational panic selling.

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