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Compare.com. saving humanity from high insurance rates. live from americas news headquarters, im jackie ibanez. another stock shock in china. chinese stock trading was temporarily suspended after circuit breakers kicked in after stocks plunged more than 7%. this is the second time chinas halted trading this week. the white house casting doubts on north koreas claim it tested a hydrogen bomb. analysis of underground activity is not consistent with an h-bomb test but looks like the less powerf...

After china had a retched day. the markets in china close after a few minutes of being open, shut down completely. they lost 7% before they shut down trading. joining me now, cnns chief business correspondent, christine romans to explain what is going on. we wake up together, in a matter of speaking, we were nervous that today was something to be awful on wall street. >> they traded for 30 minutes. the joke was, beforein anybody could get a cup of coffee drank in china, the markets were closed. ...

Than 7%, triggering automatic circuit breakers. the markets have gone up and down as chinese regulators gradually withdraw emergency measures imposed after stocks plunged in june. the sell-off there spreading to the rest of asia, and european markets today. its also pulling down oil prices, off another 5% this morning to levels not seen since the early 2000s on concerns about a lack of global demand. meanwhile, macys is cutting 4800 jobs and closing 40 stores after reporting dismal holiday sales...

>> well get to those stories in just a moment. but we begin with more troubling news in the global financial markets. the trading day in china ends almost as quickly as it begins after a rapid selloff triggered automatic circuit breakers. its been a rough day so far across the asia pacific region. stocks are down right now across the board. lets take a look at the numbers. hong kong down more than 2.5%. and the seoul kospi down by 2% as well. abo about four hours ago, walk us

In the u.s. we saw big drops rebounded back near those session lows. there are several factors contributing to those worries over global economic growth. overnight the peoples bank of china set the reference for its currency being at its lowest levels since 2011. its largest daily change since august. china has continued to devalue the yuan as concerns over slowing economic environment there continue. reuters reported that more devaluation could be coming setting the market back down in midday t...

When their markets tumbled more than 7%, triggering so-called circuit breakers. for the latest, joined by kate rogers at the stock exchange here in new york. kate, does the u.s. need the chinese marks to rebound before we see that number go back up. >> absolutely. its anyones guess. we can tell you stocks opened lower, global concerns bringing down the markets here in the u.s. all three major averages are down by more than 2%. the dow and the nasdaq traded in correction territory. several factor...

Open on wall street. u.s. futures down sharply at this hour. chinas plunge so steep it triggered new implemented circuit breakers that are protected and halted trading altogether after just a half hour. its the second time this week that china suspended trading. what goes up can go up even higher. the powerball jackpot now in record territory after there was no winner in last nights $524 million drawing. we still get another chance. >> we do. >> big prize for the next powerball drawing is on s...

Alison kosik is joining us from new york. whats rattling the markets now several days into the new year? >> this is all about china, wolf. we are seeing those losses accelerate just a bill right now. thats despite a major about-face from chinese authorities on how theyre handling their stock markets. what happened was this week china introduced circuit breakers and those were meant to tame drastic fluctuations in their markets but they wound up doing the opposite, they caused more trading to the...

>> reporter: that is what we are hearing from analysts in beijing and people we spoken to in hong kong. a bit of dark humor on the internet today. people joking that traders by the time they got in, they actually left before their coffee cooled down. it only took about a half hour before trading was halted for the day. in terms of what the chinese central bank is doing, they put more liquidity in the market after it shutdown today. up to around $11 billion u.s. they also introduced new regulatio...

U.s. stocks, as weve been saying, plunged today on more bad news from the chinese marks. the dow, nasdaq, s&p 500 all down sharply today. the cause, so-called circuit breakers tripped in china and trading was halted for the day there after their markets quickly tumbled more nan seven points today. for the latest, joined by cnbcs mary thompson here in new york. any hope for rebound soon? >> your guess is as good as mine, kate. tomorrow investors will be waiting for what happens with china overnig...