Trading Suddenly Halts On Floor Of New York Stock Exchange

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The New York Stock Exchange suddenly halted trading at about a quartern to noon, Eastern Time today. There isn’t much information available yet as to why trading has been stopped.

A post on the NYSE status page simply reads: “NYSE/NYSE MKT has temporarily suspended trading in all symbols. All open orders will be cancelled. Additional information will follow as soon as possible.”

Reuters reports that Intercontinental Exchange Inc’s NYSE Group, which includes the New York Stock Exchange, said it temporarily suspended trading in all of securities on its exchanges following earlier reports of technical difficulties.

Bloomberg reports that SEC spokesman Kevin Callahan declined to comment on the halt, and a NYSE spokeswoman had yet to reply to a request for comment.

We’ll continue to update this post as information becomes available.

In light of this morning’s United Airlines computer outage, Twitter is already having fun with this one, including NYSE’s competitors:

Who broke the NYSE? @united?

— Alexander C. Kaufman (@AlexCKaufman) July 8, 2015

.@NYSE DID YOU TRY TURNING IT OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN

— KStreetHipster (@KStreetHipster) July 8, 2015

Nasdaq systems are operating normally and are trading all symbols including Tape A (NYSE) securities.

— Nasdaq (@NASDAQ) July 8, 2015

WSJ.com is also delivering a 504, Twitter was quick to note, perhaps as people rush over there to get the scoop on the NYSE:

The Wall Street Journal website goes down in solidarity with the New York Stock Exchange

— Seth Fiegerman (@sfiegerman) July 8, 2015

by Mary Beth Quirk via Consumerist