Financial Market Closures Extended To Tuesday Due To Hurricane Sandy

(Newsroom America) -- NYSE Euronext has extended today's closure of financial markets into Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy threatens widespread power outages and destruction in the New York area.

In consultation with other exchanges and market participants, NYSE Euronext (NYX) will close its markets in coordination with all U.S. equities, bonds, options and derivatives markets on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.

This follows the closure of U.S. markets on Monday.

"We intend to re-open our U.S. markets on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, conditions permitting; updates will be provided tomorrow," said NYSE Euronext in a statement.