<p><div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/521f96786bb3f7f10de58b49-1200-924/nasdaq-11.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="nasdaq" width="480" /><p class="source on-image">REUTERS/Eric Thayer</p><p class="caption">The <keyword id="6357328" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="NASDAQ">NASDAQ</keyword> MarketSite in New York's Times Square.</p></div></div>Options trading briefly froze today after the Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA) <a href="http://www.ft.com/fastft?post=40822">saw a system glitch</a>.</p>
<p>Nasdaq, the CBOE, Bats and NYSE Euronext all ceased trading.</p>
<p>"NASDAQ Options Market (NOM) has halted trading in a issues A thru M as of 13:35:33, N thru Z as of 13:35:47 due to OPRA system issues," Nasdaq issued in a <a href="http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=MarketSystemStatus&amp;cid=topnav">system status message</a>.</p>
<p>The new issue comes only weeks after a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nasdaq-software-bug-2013-8">Nasdaq malfunction</a> caused a three hour halt in stock trading.</p>

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A Data Glitch Has Halted Options Trading

REUTERS/Eric ThayerThe NASDAQ MarketSite in New York's Times Square.Options trading briefly froze today after the Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA) saw a system glitch. Nasdaq, the CBOE, Bats and NYSE Euronext all ceased trading. "NASDAQ Options Market (NOM) has halted trading in a issues A thru M as of 13:35:33, N thru Z as of 13:35:47 due to OPRA system issues," Nasdaq issued in a system status message. The new issue comes only weeks after a Nasdaq malfunction caused a three hour halt in stock trading.

REUTERS/Eric ThayerThe NASDAQ MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Options trading briefly froze today after the Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA) saw a system glitch.

A Data Glitch Has Halted Options Trading

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