…the Canada markets have a glitch (c’mon boyz, shout PTB at the top of yer voices). But who cares? Gold is rockin’ and all is well. Here’s bloomie
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Toronto Stock Exchange Trading Is Halted on Glitch (Update1)
By John Kipphoff
By John Kipphoff
Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) — TMX Group Inc. halted trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange following a computer glitch that prevented quotes from being disseminated.
There is no estimate for when trading will resume, Sylvin Gauthier, a TMX spokesman in Montreal, said in a phone interview.
There is no estimate for when trading will resume, Sylvin Gauthier, a TMX spokesman in Montreal, said in a phone interview.
The nation’s stock benchmark, the Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index, has tumbled 37 percent in 2008. That would be the steepest annual decline since 1931. An average of $5.79 billion in shares changed hands each day this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.