Macedonian Stock Exchange briefly stopped trading as the index crashed over 8 percent

Trading was stopped for half an hour on the Macedonian Stock Exchange, as the war in Ukraine caused a drop of 8.6 percent on the index. Some of the normally best performing companies dropped by 9 to 10 percent, prompting the MSE management to slam the brakes.

The stock exchange is given the right to stop trading if price swings approach 10 percent.