Nasdaq halted trading in all securities Thursday until further notice due to a problem affecting quote dissemination.
Dozens of publicly traded companies, including high-profile companies such asApple, Microsoft and Facebook, were showing their shares halted. The Nasdaq status message was time stamped at 12:14:03 ET.
Dow Jones reported at 1:06 pm ET that trading would resume "shortly," though the exact timing was not clear.
A spokesman for the exchange said: "Nasdaq will not be canceling open orders on the book. Customers who wish to cancel their orders may do so and any customer who wishes to not participate in the re-opening should cancel their orders prior to the resumption of trading. Additionally, Nasdaq will clear all stale quotes from the UTP SIP prior to the commencement of trading."
A spokesman for the SEC said, "We are monitoring the situation and are in close contact with the exchanges."
The Nasdaq options markets also issued a "system update" saying they were recommending firms route all open orders elsewhere.
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