Friday, August 23, 2013

Nasdaq Options Trading was halted for 3 HOURS yesterday...and the news got buried by most of the media

Nasdaq Options Trading was halted for 3 HOURS yesterday...and the news got buried by most of the media
Posted By: NaturalWisdom
Date: Friday, 23-Aug-2013 12:23:47
 
Trading was resumed in about 3 hours. Nasdaq closed over 30 points higher from the previous trading day.
Nasdaq Makes Rare Call to Halt All Trading
Becket Adams
Aug. 22, 2013 12:49pm
The Blaze

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The Wall Street Journal offers some detail:
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. announced the halt at 12:15 p.m. ET Thursday, and other exchanges followed suit. Nasdaq also said it was halting trade in its options markets. A spokesman for Nasdaq declined further comment.

http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=285311


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