Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Shocker: NYSE Cancels Trades in 6 Stocks Affected by Glitch




Reuters with CNBC reports that  The New York Stock Exchange announced plans on Wednesday to cancel trades in six stocks that were affected by trading glitches stemming from Knight Capital Group's market-making unit earlier in the day.

Only five of the six stocks have been named so far. The affected companies include: Wizzard Software [WZE  4.27     0.77  (+22%)   ], Quicksilver [KWK  4.76     0.24  (+5.31%)              ], E House [EJ  4.71  ---  UNCH          ], American Reprographics [ARC  4.39     0.02  (+0.46%)           ] and China Cord Blood [CO  2.43     -0.04  (-1.62%)...
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Electronic trading firm Knight Capital Group said Wednesday that a "technology issue'' in its market-making unit had affected the routing of shares of about 150 stocks to the New York Stock Exchange, where abnormal volatility roiled the markets in early trading.  Earlier, Knight said in a statement that it had notified its market-making clients this morning to route NYSE-listed orders to other venues.  The company said over-the-counter securities and trading in its other businesses were not affected….


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