Word: floorful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pink buy and sell orders litter the floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange. "I surrender!" shouts a frustrated dealer. Another slams his fist into his computer terminal...
Rumors of a shutdown sweep the Palazzo Mezzanotte trading floor as the opening bell fails to ring. Finally the dealing begins, one hour late. As Fiat, Olivetti and other stocks lose 10% of their value, trading is stopped in each...
...N.Y.S.E. gyrates so wildly that floor specialists, who normally buy and sell stocks when no one else will, run out of cash. Trading stops in nearly 90 stocks. Exchange Chairman Phelan considers shutting down the entire market, but a sudden 120-point rally stays his hand. For a time, the Dow hovers...
...banks' moves spur a closing rally. The Dow winds up at 1841.01, a climb of 102.27 points. Trading breaks Monday's volume record. At the bell, Phelan waves from a balcony overlooking the floor. Relieved traders wave back and cheer...
...worst is over -- for now. A flood of buy orders propels an explosive rebound on the Kabutocho exchange. As each massive block of offered stock is snapped up, the trading floor erupts in applause. The Nikkei index makes a record gain of 2037.32 points...