Mexico Stock Exchange Halts Trading After Engine ‘Disconnection’
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Pedestrians pass in front of the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, Mexico's stock exchange, in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Mexico’s main stock exchange, the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, halted trading at around noon on Friday due to a “disconnection in the trading engine.”
Spokesman Alberto Maya Sanchez confirmed that an “administrative recess” was declared at 11:56 a.m. in Mexico City. Trading had stopped at around 11:33am, according to Bloomberg data, and had yet to restart as of the market close in Mexico City.