[39261] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Nasdaq Breaks Down for 2nd Day, Disrupts Trading
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Fri Jun 29 18:49:26 2001
Date: 29 Jun 2001 15:48:52 -0700
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On Fri, 29 June 2001, Rishi Singh wrote:
> New York, June 29 (Bloomberg) -- The Nasdaq Stock Market broke down for a
> second straight day, disrupting traders for about 90 minutes this afternoon
> on one of the busiest days of the year. The No. 2 U.S. stock exchange
> cancelled its aftermarket session.
Officials of the computerized stock market said an error by an MCI Worldcom technician led to the problems.