Trading of all shares and derivatives on Euronext markets has been suspended due to a technical problem, generating the most serious trading disruption in two years.
Hit the stock exchanges in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin and Lisbon while the Oslo one works regularly.
"We are working to solve the problem and will provide an update as soon as possible regarding the pre-opening hours and the resumption of trading", he told Bloomberg Euronext in an email, which with Cdp is taking over Borsa Italiana from the London Stock Exchange. .
From 9:49 am, trading on the five lists of the Old Continent is suspended.
This is the most serious interruption - reports Bloomberg - since the one recorded on 29 October 2018 and which was due to what Euronext called problems related to "market monitoring tools".
Also in September of last year Euronext stopped trading of options on shares in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels.
The suspension is excluding giants like Kering, Lvmh, Axa, Total, Peugeot, Renault, Danone, Essilorluxottica from the exchanges.
The shares listed on Euronext lists represent about 22% of the components that contribute to forming the pan-European Dj Stoxx 600 index, the main indicator of the trend of the equity markets of the Old Continent