Cape Town - A market analyst has posted a tweet showing graphically how trade at the New York Stock Exchange stopped, after a reported technical glitch.
The tweet shows how trades from NYSE dropped sharply, sputtered a few minutes, and then disappeared.
11:32:57 - trades from NYSE drop sharply, sputter a few minutes, then nothing. Each dot a NYSE trade pic.twitter.com/QmJl8Y2b91
— Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) July 8, 2015
In a statement the NYSE said: "We're currently experiencing a technical issue that we're working to resolve as quickly as possible. We will be providing further updates as soon as we can, and are doing our utmost to produce a swift resolution, communicate thoroughly and transparently, and ensure a timely and orderly market re-open."
(1 of 2) We’re experiencing a technical issue that we’re working to resolve as quickly as possible.
— NYSE (@NYSE) July 8, 2015
(2 of 2) We're doing our utmost to produce a swift resolution & will be providing further updates as soon as we can.
— NYSE (@NYSE) July 8, 2015
(1 of 3) The issue we are experiencing is an internal technical issue and is not the result of a cyber breach.
— NYSE (@NYSE) July 8, 2015
(2 of 3) We chose to suspend trading on NYSE to avoid problems arising from our technical issue.
— NYSE (@NYSE) July 8, 2015
(3 of 3) NYSE-listed securities continue to trade unaffected on other market centers.
— NYSE (@NYSE) July 8, 2015