Computer Fault Halts Trading in All German Stock Exchanges -- 20 min.greenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread |
Computer Glitch Halts Floor Trading on Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Feb. 24, 2000)Frankfurt, Feb. 24 (AFP) -- Floor trading on the Frankfurt Sotck Exchange was interrupted for 20 minutes on Thursday afternoon owing to a computer fault, said a spokesman for Deutsche Boerse, the company which operates the exchange.
Trading was halted from 1:35 pm (1235 GMT) until 1:55 pm (1255 GMT) and all exchanges throughout the country were affected, the spokesman said.
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