When trading resumed Thursday on the on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, it lasted just over half an hour before activity came to an abrupt end, with only a few securities having traded to that point.
A check with the exchange, revealed that technical issues affected the trading platform. Users of the platform found out that there were no new feed of information being received and they were unable to reload the trading platform that shows market activities. The information available revealed that after three hours persons in the information technology department of the Exchange and the management for trading are locked in a meeting to see if the problem can be identified and rectified. In the past when trading is disrupted, the exchange normally extends the trading hours to compensate for the lost time. if this is done today trading may not end until close to 4 PM.
Technical problems hit JSE trading
September 29, 2016 by