Computer Glitch Halts Floor Trading on Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Feb. 24, 2000)

Frankfurt, Feb. 24 (AFP) -- Floor trading on the Frankfurt Sotck Exchange was interrupted for 20 minutes on Thursday afternoon owing to a computer fault, said a spokesman for Deutsche Boerse, the company which operates the exchange.

Trading was halted from 1:35 pm (1235 GMT) until 1:55 pm (1255 GMT) and all exchanges throughout the country were affected, the spokesman said.

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