The ground of the Chicago Mercantile Trade (CME)/New York Mercantile Trade (Nymex) in New York Metropolis. CME Group is the world’s largest and most numerous derivatives trade.
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Buying and selling got here to a standstill on the Chicago Mercantile Trade on Friday following a cooling situation at considered one of its information facilities.
“As a result of a cooling situation at CyrusOne information facilities, our markets are at present halted,” a spokesperson for the CME mentioned in an emailed assertion within the early hours of Friday.
“Assist is working to resolve the difficulty within the close to time period and can advise purchasers of Pre-Open particulars as quickly as they’re out there.”
The CME — the biggest trade operator on the planet by market worth — trades futures and choices throughout numerous asset lessons, together with agricultural commodities, vitality, metals and equities.
A spokesperson for Dallas, Texas-headquartered CyrusOne was not instantly out there for remark.
By 2:30 a.m. ET, futures costs for WTI crude, U.S. 10-year Treasurys and the S&P 500 had been amongst people who had not been up to date, LSEG information confirmed.
It is not the primary time the CME has needed to shut down digital commerce. Again in 2014, technical points shut down some buying and selling on the CME’s Globex digital system, impacting agricultural contracts.
Final 12 months, buying and selling of quities, bonds and exchange-traded funds was additionally briefly halted in Switzerland after inventory trade SIX had issues disseminating information.