A technical issue has been blamed for causing a delay for traders on London's stock market.
Trading started an hour later than usual at 9am amid speculation on the nature of the issue which caused the outage.
Is #LondonStockExchange the #LSE under #hackers' #attacks? auctions delayed for a while… pic.twitter.com/3oeAqHrh7C
— Joetke (@joetke) June 7, 2018
A spokesperson for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) said: "The opening of London Stock Exchange was delayed this morning due to a technical issue that has been resolved.
LSE uncrossing scheduled for 9BST
— RANsquawk (@RANsquawk) June 7, 2018
$FTSE100 pic.twitter.com/ZD4Og4Q6c8
Anyone see any trades anywhere?? LSE down?
— Ant Sharwood (@ant_sharwood) June 7, 2018
Once the market opened, the FTSE 100 index rose — but then fell back into negative territory by 10am.
LATEST: London Stock Exchange IT department fix the glitch… They turned it off and on again. #LSE #LondonStockExchange pic.twitter.com/fEuE9X7qEb
— swingerbook 🛢 (@swingerbookcouk) June 7, 2018
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