>NEW YORK (CNNfn) - The New York Stock Exchange halted trading early Friday due to a computer glitch that caused many NYSE-listed stocks not to start trading when the exchange opened at 9:30 a.m. ET.
>An exchange spokeswoman told CNNfn that about half the issues on the world's largest stock exchange were delayed or didn't open, and that trading was scheduled to restart at about 11:15 a.m. ET. There was no other information on what caused the problem, she said.
>The latest figures showed a very light 63 million shares traded on the NYSE, with declining issues ahead of advancing ones 653 to 505. Trading on the Nasdaq market did not appear to be affected.


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