London smaller stocks halted trading (again)5 Dec 2023 10:27
London Stock Exchange Is Hit by Third Outage Since October
Story by Joe Easton • 41m
(Bloomberg) -- London Stock Exchange Group Plc is investigating a system issue affecting trading in large numbers of smaller stocks, the third outage to strike the company in a few months.
“We are undertaking immediate analysis and will provide further updates,” LSE said on its website. Only FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and international order book securities were available for trading, it said. Bloomberg data showed halts on many smaller companies.
In October, trading on hundreds of smaller shares was halted in the final 80 minutes of a session. And last month, LSEG’s FTSE Russell indexes suffered a 40-minute outage, disrupting trades in the UK, Italy and South Africa.