Nikkei 225 Futures Trading Fault Was Human Error: JPX
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Nikkei 225 Stock Average futures and options contracts stopped trading in Osaka for more than 20 minutes today due to a “human operational error,” the derivatives bourse operator said.
Nikkei 225 large and mini contracts halted a little after 11 a.m. Tokyo time, Naoya Takahashi, a spokesman for Japan Exchange Group Inc., said by telephone. They resumed at about 11:30 a.m., he said. Nikkei 225 options also stopped trading, according to a statement on the Osaka Securities Exchange website. The bourse operator has confirmed the problem was caused by human error, OSE spokesman Masahiro Yada said. Takahashi earlier said it could have been due to a system issue.