NYSE halts trading.

[lonestarnot]

Theft?

[octoberlib]

1. They're saying technical issues

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. United and now NYSE?

Are we having some cyber issues today?

[djean111]

4. That was my first thought.

The United shutdown is frightening.

[lonestarnot]

9. Snooze denying connection

[leveymg]

34. May delay China traders from liquidating US stocks to cover losses/margin calls on the Shanghai Ex.

Last edited Wed Jul 8, 2015, 01:37 PM - Edit history (2)

Just like '29. Margin calls were/are? a major source of contagion across the Board.

Follows right along from with this extraordinary news from earlier today:

China Bans Stock Sales by Major Shareholders for Six Months
Source: Bloomberg

by Ye XieBelinda Cao
July 8, 2015 — 8:10 AM EDT
Updated on July 8, 2015 — 9:19 AM EDT

China’s securities regulator banned major shareholders, corporate executives and directors from selling stakes in listed companies for six months, its latest effort to stop the nation’s $3.5 trillion stock-market rout.

Investors with stakes exceeding 5 percent must maintain their positions, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said in a statement. The rule is intended to guard capital-market stability amid an “unreasonable plunge” in share prices, the CSRC said.

While China has already ordered government-owned institutions to maintain or boost their stock holdings, the CSRC’s directive expands the ban on sales to non-state companies and potentially foreign investors who own major stakes in mainland businesses. Regulators have unveiled market-boosting measures almost every night over the past 10 days, steps that have so far failed to revive investor confidence. Foreign traders sold Chinese shares at a record pace this week in part due concerns over the government’s meddling in markets.

“This is not something that would happen in the U.S. or in any other developed market,” said Brian Jacobsen, who helps oversee $250 billion as the chief portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management. “It does smell a little bit of desperation. But in China it’s a very unique system and they are taking unique steps to try to stop the drop.”

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-08/china-bans-stock-sales-by-major-shareholders-for-six-months

[global1]

3. Shots Across The Bow.....

First United and now NYSE - seems like something more sinister is going on. Cyber attacks. Hacking. Hmmmm......

[randome]

5. What's that monster Obama up to now?

Or is it the NSA? No! It's Snowden getting his revenge on all of us!

Or...there are 2 technical glitches at the same time. It must be Wednesday.
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[irisblue]

6. cyber attack, why else?

edited....a cyber war if the United States doesn't win....well,

[WilliamPitt]

7. United and the trade floor?

I got out of the business of believing in coincidences a while ago.

[JaneyVee]

8. Just unplug it then plug it back in.

[Le Taz Hot]

10. OK, now that was funny!

[hifiguy]

11. Clean the gunk out of the mouse.

[Scurrilous]

13. ...

[lonestarnot]

14. Take the lunch out of the keyboard.

[Glassunion]

20. It's worth a try

[KittyWampus]

28. that worked with our microwave!

[Fumesucker]

33. Format the C: drive, that should fix it

[flobee1]

35. Lol, try defragmenting

Then a reboot and you should be good to go!

[Eleanors38]

42. I crash my Adnoid all the time to beat it to the punch.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

37. .....

[Orrex]

12. I blame Bane and the League of Shadows.

[TBF]

15. China

Tumbling stock in China could be affecting other exchanges

They are saying technical issues and that could also be true - United airlines was down for awhile today so perhaps some cyber-attacking going on??

Could be either, or something else entirely ...

[jwirr]

41. And add the troubles in EU. Maybe our stock market is not so stable today?

[TeeYiYi]

16. Your candle looks scared...

I don't think that's a coincidence.

TYY

[lonestarnot]

19. Dat poor candle is tired. Endless war is hard work.

[TeeYiYi]

24. I think it knows something...

...and it just wants you to think it's "tired."

TYY

[bigwillq]

17. Damn polygamists.

[SidDithers]

18. Coup in Mexico, surely...nt

Sid

[lonestarnot]

21. Now saying internal issue.

[zappaman]

38. !!!

[B Calm]

22. I hope not!

[a kennedy]

23. and right on que, faux noise, "we don't want to cause a panic, but what if this is just a trial run

to see what the U.S. would do in a crisis". Right, they don't wast to cause a panic..... I dispise faux noise. Ugh

[G_j]

25. a link

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/business/dealbook/new-york-stock-exchange-suspends-trading.html

The New York Stock Exchange unexpectedly shut down trading in all of its listed stocks late Wednesday morning.

The exchange did not immediately give an explanation for what caused the shutdown. In an alert on its website, it wrote: “Additional information will follow as soon as possible.”

The New York Stock Exchange, which is now owned by Intercontinental Exchange, has had, like other stock exchanges, technical difficulties in the past, but the scale of the problem on Wednesday has little precedent.

Nearly 45 minutes after the shutdown, there was still little clarity on what was causing the problem. Stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange continued trading on other exchanges, such as Nasdaq.

In a statement, a Nasdaq spokesman said: “Nasdaq systems are operating normally and are trading all symbols including Tape A (NYSE) securities.”

Other exchanges operated by the New York Stock Exchange, such as its options exchange, continued operating normally on Wednesday.

Law enforcement agencies with federal government are monitoring the situation but as of midday Wednesday there was no indication of anything malicious with the troubles at the N.Y.S.E., said several people briefed on the situation.

[madinmaryland]

26. Damn Windows 8 strikes again. Thanks, Bill Gates.

[MineralMan]

27. Never mind Windows 8. Try XP.

Or even Windows 3.1.

[madinmaryland]

29. XP was one of the most stable of the OS's.

[MineralMan]

30. Yes. I was sad to have to abandon it.

In reality, the NYSE, itself, doesn't operate on any version of Windows, I'm sure. I was just making a Microsoft joke.

By the way, I'm still using Office 2000 on a daily basis. I believe it was the very best version of Word, at least, by far. I've been installing it on every new computer I've purchased. I use Word constantly in my work, and dislike every version after 2000, with a white hot hatred.

[Orsino]

32. Don't worry--regularly sceduled theft will resume shortly. n/t

[Hiraeth]

36. Thanks, Obama

[closeupready]

39. Someone's trying to make up losses from China holdings, IMO.

By manipulating the market. Just speculating.

[ladyVet]

40. Well, they tried to tell us gay marriage would destroy the world...

But would we listen? Noooooo.

[NightWatcher]

43. I'm not saying it's aliens....