The bell and the bull

Each day the brass bells of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ring at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time when the stock market opens and at 4 p.m. when it closes. Four electronic bells in the building are operated together by a single control panel. A tradition is to invite guests to ring the bell. Ringers have included famous athletes, Broadway stars, and business leaders celebrating their companies’ “going public”—becoming available on the stock market. Charging Bull, a bronze sculpture that is 16 feet long and weighs three and a half tons, is one of the most famous landmarks in the Financial District. It was made by sculptor Arturo Di Modica to represent a bullish (strong) market. With help from friends, Di Modica secretly placed it in front of the NYSE…

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