Trading Resumes at New York Stock Exchange After Technical Glitch
NEW YORK , July 8 (UPI) — Trading resumed at the New York Stock Exchange around 3:10 p.m. local time Wednesday, after a technical issue took down the exchange for nearly four hours.
The exchange’s website said they scheduled the NYSE MKT to resume orders at 3:05 p.m. and for the full exchange at 3:10 p.m.
Trading was halted around 11:32 p.m. due the technical glitch, around the same time the Wall Street Journal’s website stopped working.
Nasdaq and other exchanges were operating normally.
Although the business day has been occupied with concern over Greece’s financial position in Europe, a plunging stock market in China and the grounding of United Airlines planes, NYSE officials, while not offering much information, stressed the delay was caused by a technical issue.
“We’re currently experiencing a technical issue that we’re working to resolve as quickly as possible. We will be providing further updates as soon as we can, and are doing our utmost to produce a swift resolution, communicate thoroughly and transparently, and ensure a timely and orderly market reopen,” a NYSE statement said earlier in the day.
The Department of Homeland Security noted “no sign of malicious activity” at the NYSE, a reference to any evidence of a cyberattack.
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