NYSE floor trading halted; no sign of cyberattack
Trading in all symbols was halted on the New York Stock Exchange floor Wednesday due to an apparent technical issue. The NYSE tweeted that there was no sign of a cyberattack.
NYSE/NYSE MKT has temporarily suspended trading in all symbols. Additional information will follow as soon as possible," the NYSE said in a statement on its status page.
Trading stopped around 11:30 a.m. ET. The NYSE attributed the halt to an "internal technical issue" rather than a cyberattack and did not immediately provide a timetable for when floor trading would restart.
The NYSE said all open orders would be canceled, according to Reuters. The issues seemed to be limited to the NYSE floor, and the exchange noted it did not affect the NYSE Arca and NYSE Amex/Arca Options.
Just after 8 a.m. ET on Wednesday morning, the NYSE put out an alert about "a reported issue with a gateway connection" affecting certain symbols. It issued a notice at 10:37 a.m. ET that the problem was resolved.
"It's been a little bit of a bumpy day. We had some technical problems even before the opening," said Art Cashin, UBS director of floor operations at the NYSE, in a CNBC interview.
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Trading on the NYSE floor makes up about a quarter of consolidated tape volume, or trading of all NYSE securities on all platforms, based on a recent 30-day average.
The Nasdaq reported no technical issues and said it continues to trade NYSE-listed stocks.
"This will not cause a move in any particular direction, so I would kind of wait it out and see what happens," Cashin added.
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