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BULLETIN: Nasdaq suffers outage
Traders were locked out of the Nasdaq exchange for at least 17 minutes before the closing bell Tuesday, preventing them from buying or selling stocks during yet another tremendous rally. Nasdaq officials are expected to comment on the outage within the hour.
Traders were locked out of the Nasdaq exchange for at least 17 minutes before the closing bell Tuesday, preventing them from buying or selling stocks during yet another tremendous rally. Nasdaq officials are expected to comment on the outage within the hour. One veteran trader called the situation a "nightmare" and was forced to call clients and explain that their trades wouldn't be closed this afternoon. The Nasdaq closed up 74 points to another record close of 3,293.05. Full story to follow. -- Larry Barrett, ZD Inter@ctive Investor
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