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Program Trading ‘Collar’ to End

Associated Press

The New York Stock Exchange said today its “collar” restraint on computerized program trading will end on the anniversary of the Oct. 19 crash.

The collar is to be replaced by previously announced measures designed to quell price volatility and restore investor confidence. NYSE officials said the date was just a coincidence because the Securities and Exchange Commission, which must approve such measures, gave the collar a six-month experimental approval on April 20.

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