CME halts FX, commodities, futures trading after data center issue
Floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)/New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) in New York City. CME Group is the world’s largest and most diversified derivatives exchange.
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Trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange came to a halt on Friday after a cooling problem at one of its data centers.
“Our markets are currently suspended due to a cooling issue at CyrusOne data centers.” CME he said in a statement early Friday. “Support is working to resolve the issue in the near term and will notify customers of Pre-Opening details as soon as possible.”
CME trades futures and options across a variety of asset classes, including agricultural commodities, energy, metals and stocks.
A spokesperson for CME Group did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.
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