The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will reopen its facility to “a subset of floor brokers” the day after Memorial Day according to president Stacey Cunningham in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Thursday after the closing bell.
The exchange shut down its historic trading floor and moved fully to electronic trading on March 23 after two people tested positive for coronavirus infection. It was the first time the physical trading floor of the Big Board has ever shut independently while electronic trading continues.
Cunningham said the majority of those “designated market makers,” who oversee trading of 2,200 NYSE-listed companies, will continue to work remotely. Meanwhile, floor brokers will return in small numbers first and are required to wear protective masks on the floor.
Additionally, the NYSE will require all brokers and visitors to avoid public transportation, and they will be screened and have their temperatures taken at the entrance, the president said.
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