Eli5: Why do they halt trading for volatile stocks?

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Why not just let them drop to zero? Doesn’t this interfere with the market?

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Generally, temporary halts on extremely volatile stocks are intended to give everyone a fair chance to get caught up on any important headlines that may have influenced such a move.

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