OTC Markets says Finra has halted trading in OTC equity securities CNBC.com staff | @CNBC 4 Mins Ago Breaking News
OTC Markets said Friday morning that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) has halted trading in equity securities through its markets. "FINRA has imposed a quoting and trading halt in all OTC equity securities as of 11:05:06 a.m. ET due to a lack of current quotation information currently available in the marketplace for OTC equity securities. FINRA will notify the market when quoting and trading in all OTC equity securities may resume," the agency wrote in a media release.
Earlier, a twitter account linked to OTC reported that there were systems issues.
OTC Markets said it is working with Finra on plans to reopen trading.