LSE’s Longest Glitch in 8 Years Disrupts Trading in Big Stocks
- Stock trading was delayed for FTSE 100, FTSE 250 members
- Outage is also second for U.K. exchange in just over a year
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The London Stock Exchange Group Plc suffered its longest glitch in 8 years, just weeks after the three-century old exchange unveiled plans to become a data and trading powerhouse.
Shares in the key FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250 indexes resumed trading at about 9:40 a.m. after an outage that lasted about an hour and 40 minutes, according to a statement. Companies in those benchmarks include HSBC Holdings Plc, BP Plc, and AstraZeneca Plc. The LSE also suffered a one-hour trading delay in June 2018 caused by a software issue.