Australian stock exchange fails to reopen Nov 16 amid data issue


An Australian Securities Exchange board in Sydney, Australia, February 2018. — Reuters

Australia’s stock exchange did not restart trading on Nov 16 after a data issue spurred a market outage shortly after the open.

ASX Ltd and its technology provider Nasdaq have identified the root cause and a resolution path to fix it, the exchange said in an emailed statement. "A software issue limited to the trading of multiple securities in a single order (combination trading) created inaccurate market data,” it said.

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