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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) gradually resumed trading on Friday after a cooling system at a CyrusOne data center malfunctioned. The failure temporarily halted futures, options, and currency markets, affecting traders worldwide. At around 8:30 a.m. local time (2:30 p.m. Amsterdam time), trading in futures and options on stocks resumed in full. Bonds and metals also resumed trading after the break, according to FactSet data. Trading in individual stocks remained active during the premarket phase.
But this is not the case (at least not this time). CME Group ( Nasdaq: CME), parent company to the Chicago Merc, said the suspension happened because: "On November 27, our CHI1 facility experienced a chiller plant failure affecting multiple cooling units." The good news is that the company was able to restart "several chillers at limited capacity," bring in "temporary cooling equipment to supplement our permanent systems," and as a result, trading appeared to return to normal around 8:30 a.m. ET this morning.
Markets from bonds and commodities to equities and foreign exchange are paused on the Chicago Mercentile Exchange (CME), after a problem with one of the platform's data centers. Every day, millions of exchanges are made on CME, not only allowing investors access to 24-hour trades in some markets but also providing analysts and the media with real-time updates on market sentiment.