India’s Stock Exchange ‘Closes’ After State Bank ‘Flash-Crash’
by Tyler Durden
Zerohedge.com
10/05/2012
While we have grown accustomed to the daily gyrations on mega-volume in the US equity markets, it seems the HFT-virus has spread as far afield as India this evening. India’s National Stock Exchange was halted – with no price dissemination – as State Bank of India plunged over 14% in seconds on massive relative volume (and HDFC and Infosys also fell), dragging the Nifty Index down 3%. Of course, the ‘error’ is being investigated and SBIN has recovered its losses…
*STATE BANK OF INDIA SHARES FALL 14% ON NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE
*INDIA’S NIFTY INDEX EXTENDS DECLINE TO 2.8%
*NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE SAYS VERIFYING SOURCE OF PRICE ERROR
*NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE SAYS NIFTY INDEX LEVELS NOT UPDATING
*INDIA’S NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE RESUMES TRADING
*INDIA’S SENSEX INDEX ERASES LOSS; GAINS 0.3% IN MUMBAI
*INDIA’S NSE SAYS `LOOKING INTO’ THE FREAK TRADE
The Rest…HERE
