A circuit breaker is an automatic, temporary trading halt on certain securities when the underlying stock is experiencing times of high volatility. It is a measure put in place to help restore and bring order to the markets.
Here are the stocks halted on a circuit breaker today, and the news that possibly impacted those stocks, according to Benzinga Pro.
Vigil Neuroscience Inc (NASDAQ:VIGL) shares were buoyant throughout Wednesday's session as the stock was halted two times after several SEC filings showed that members of the board of directors purchased a collective 17,000 shares of the company’s stock.