[BinaryIdiot]

> I don't think a Dow component has ever been halted before, so this is highly unusual.

What do you mean? Stocks get halted all the time especially before big news.

[tempsy]

Dow component...

Though someone mentioned JNJ did. Otherwise it's very uncommon for a blue chip to be halted.

[dmurray]

AAPL had a trading halt last January [0], pending a profit warning. Google will likely find dozens if not hundreds more halts in Dow components.

[0] https://thefly.com/landingPageNews.php?id=2842788