Published 15:46 IST, February 24th 2021
Technical glitch halts trading at NSE, Virender Sehwag joins Netizens to react with memes
The future and option (F&O) and cash segments at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India got hanged at 11:40 am on Wednesday due to a technical problem.
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future and option (F&O) and cash segments at National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India got hanged at 11:40 am on Wednesday due to a technical problem.
This gave an opportunity for all to flood social media with hilarious memes and jokes. Cricketer Virender Sehwag also joined by sharing an epic scene from Paresh Rawal starrer film Hera Pheri. Many or film stills and dialogues were used to describe "technical glitch" at NSE.
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"We are working on restoring systems as soon as possible. In view of above, all segments have been closed at 11:40 and will be restored as soon as issue is resolved," NSE said in a tweet.
NSE has multiple telecom links with two service providers to ensure redundancy. "We have received communication from both telecom service providers that re are issues with ir links due to which re is an impact on NSE system," it said.
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NETIZENS REACT
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Some media reports posted that NSE would reopen at 1 pm, with a 15-minute pre-open session, but re is confirmation yet. According to media reports, this is t first time NSE has faced technical issues. Last year, it was also penalised by SEBI, a body that is looking forward to come up with a policy for compensating losses that occurred due to such problems.
(With ANI inputs)
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15:46 IST, February 24th 2021