The London Stock Exchange has resumed trading after grinding to a halt for three and a half hours due to technical problems
By Chris Farnell
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) announced that it had connectivity issues, and at 10.30 GMT placed all share orders into an "auction call period", meaning that any orders to buy and sell shares were put into the system, but would not be executed.
When trading was interrupted the FTSE 100 index was frozen at 5,264.97 after falling 99.84 points in the first two and a half hours of trading.
Across the world, share markets have been trading lower today following a request by investment company Dubai World for a six-month delay on repaying its debts, raising concern about Dubai's financial health.
Edited by Ellie Duncan
Source: http://www.londonstockexchange.com/