Bats Europe suffers trading glitch

Trading platform blames 'external hardware issue' for halt across all shares today, less than one week after the company finalised merger with rival Chi-X Europe

Trading platform Bats Europe this morning suffered system glitches, resulting in trading being halted across all its securities for the entire day, and coming less than a week after the company finalised the merger with rival facility Chi-X Europe.

Trading was halted on the Bats Europe platform around 09.30 GMT this morning, according to a spokeswoman, as a result of an "external hardware" issue.

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