NYSE Suddenly Stops Trading
A technical problem is stifling the stock market.
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The New York Stock Exchange has temporarily suspended trading in all symbols. All open orders will be cancelled. It released the following on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/NYSE/status/618814293795033088
https://twitter.com/NYSE/status/618814318004543490
CNBC caught up with Art Cashin, director of floor operations at the NYSE who said: “It’s been a little bit of a bumpy day. We had some technical problems even before the opening.”
It comes just hours after United Airlines faced a serious technical problem that grounded flights worldwide.
In (hopefully) unrelated news, WSJ.com is down. At 12:05 p.m. it was displaying this message:
More on this story as it develops.
