Editing New York Stock Exchange (section)

====21st century====
On January 26, 2000, an altercation during filming of the music video for [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s "[[Sleep Now in the Fire]]", directed by [[Michael Moore]], caused the doors of the exchange to be closed and the band to be escorted from the site by security<ref name="greenleft">{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2000 |title=Rage against Wall Street |url=http://www.greenleft.org.au/2000/397/24186 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012080309/http://www.greenleft.org.au/2000/397/24186 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |access-date=October 11, 2007 |website=[[Green Left Weekly]] #397 }}</ref> after the members attempted to gain entry into the exchange.

In the [[aftermath of the September 11 attacks]], the NYSE was closed for four trading sessions, resuming on Monday, September 17, one of the rare times the NYSE was closed for more than one session and only the third time since March 1933. On the first day, the NYSE suffered a 7.1% drop in value (684 points); after a week, it dropped by 14% (1,370 points). An estimated $1.4 trillion was lost within five days of trading.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Marc |date=September 2, 2011 |title=How September 11 Affected The U.S. Stock Market |language=en-US |work=Investopedia |url=http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0911/how-september-11-affected-the-u.s.-stock-market.aspx |url-status=live |access-date=November 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116160521/http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0911/how-september-11-affected-the-u.s.-stock-market.aspx |archive-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref> The NYSE was only 5 blocks from [[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]]. The same day it was announced that the exchange and the New York Stock Exchange building would be closed to the general public. A practice that continues to the present day.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kassel |first=Matthew |date=2016-08-08 |title=Once-Popular NYSE Has No Plan to Reopen to the Public |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/once-popular-nyse-has-no-plan-to-reopen-to-the-public-1470621840 |access-date=2025-04-08 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>  

On May 6, 2010, the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its largest intraday percentage drop since the crash on October 19, 1987, with a 998-point loss later being called the [[2010 Flash Crash]] (as the drop occurred in minutes before rebounding). The SEC and CFTC published a report on the event, although it did not come to a conclusion as to the cause. The regulators found no evidence that the fall was caused by erroneous ("fat finger") orders.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SEC.gov |url=https://www.sec.gov/sec-cftc-prelimreport.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715103911/http://www.sec.gov/sec-cftc-prelimreport.pdf |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref>

On October 29, 2012, the stock exchange was shut down for two days due to [[Hurricane Sandy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2012 |title=Stock markets to open today; NYSE backup plan criticized – Business Courier |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/morning_call/2012/10/stock-markets-to-open-today-nyse.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615232543/http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/morning_call/2012/10/stock-markets-to-open-today-nyse.html |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |access-date=June 14, 2013 |publisher=Bizjournals.com}}</ref> The last time the stock exchange was closed due to weather for a full two days was on March 12 and 13, 1888.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mehta |first=Nina |title=U.S. Stocks to Open After Longest Storm Outage Since 1888 |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=October 31, 2012 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-30/nyse-floor-is-fine-working-to-open-tomorrow-spokesman-says.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524065229/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-30/nyse-floor-is-fine-working-to-open-tomorrow-spokesman-says.html |archive-date=May 24, 2013 |access-date=June 14, 2013 |publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref>

On May 1, 2014, the stock exchange was fined $4.5&nbsp;million by the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges that it had violated market rules.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynch |first=Sarah N |title=New York Stock Exchange to pay $4.5&nbsp;million to settle SEC charges |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nyse-sec-enforcement-idUSBREA400LA20140501 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083211/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/01/us-nyse-sec-enforcement-idUSBREA400LA20140501 |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |access-date=August 15, 2014 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=May 2014 |location=Washington |quote=The New York Stock Exchange agreed on Thursday to pay $4.5&nbsp;million to settle charges brought by U.S. securities regulators that the exchange flouted its own rules, marking the latest crackdown on violations of market structure rules.}}</ref>

On August 14, 2014, [[Berkshire Hathaway]]'s A Class shares, the highest priced shares on the NYSE, hit $200,000 a share for the first time.<ref name="BerkshireMilestone">{{Cite magazine |date=August 14, 2014 |title=Berkshire Hathaway shares top $200,000 apiece |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2014/08/14/berkshire-shares-top-200000-buffett-worth-nearly-66b/ |magazine=[[Forbes]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814183015/http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2014/08/14/berkshire-shares-top-200000-buffett-worth-nearly-66b/ |archive-date=August 14, 2014 |access-date=August 15, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 8, 2015, technical issues affected the stock exchange, halting trading at 11:32&nbsp;am ET. The NYSE reassured stock traders that the outage was "not a result of a cyber breach", and the [[Department of Homeland Security]] confirmed that there was "no sign of malicious activity".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gillespie |first1=Patrick |last2=Egan |first2=Matt |last3=Long |first3=Heather |title=New York Stock Exchange suspends trading |url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/07/08/investing/nyse-suspends-trading/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708161938/http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/08/investing/nyse-suspends-trading/index.html |archive-date=July 8, 2015 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |website=CNN Money |date=July 8, 2015}}</ref> Trading eventually resumed at 3:10&nbsp;pm ET the same day.

On May 25, 2018, [[Stacey Cunningham]], the NYSE's chief operating officer, became the Big Board's 67th president, succeeding Thomas Farley.<ref>{{Cite news |title=New York Stock Exchange to Have First Female Leader in 226-Year History |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 22, 2018 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-stock-exchange-to-have-first-female-leader-in-226-year-history-1526955129 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522130604/https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-stock-exchange-to-have-first-female-leader-in-226-year-history-1526955129 |archive-date=May 22, 2018 |access-date=May 22, 2018}}</ref> She is the first female leader in the exchange's 226-year history.

In March 2020, the NYSE announced plans to temporarily move to all-electronic trading on March 23, 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=New York Stock Exchange To Shift To All-Electronic Trading |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/18/817944424/new-york-stock-exchange-to-shift-to-all-electronic-trading |access-date=February 17, 2021 |newspaper=NPR |date=March 18, 2020 |language=en |last1=Schneider |first1=Avie}}</ref> Along with the [[Philadelphia Stock Exchange|PHLX]] and the [[Boston Stock Exchange|BSE]], the NYSE reopened on May 26, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last=Aratani |first=Lauren |date=May 26, 2020 |title=New York Stock Exchange reopens two months after closing due to Covid-19 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/26/nyse-reopens-two-months-closing-covid-19 |access-date=February 14, 2021 |website=the Guardian |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511201015/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/26/nyse-reopens-two-months-closing-covid-19 |url-status=live}}</ref>