Nasdaq had a network disruption at its Carteret, New Jersey facility that caused intermittent data gaps across its US equities markets on Thursday. A person familiar with the matter said the blips have ceased in recent hours and that actual trading was not affected.
Nasdaq experienced a network disruption at its Carteret, New Jersey facility on Thursday, causing intermittent data gaps across all of its US equities markets. A person familiar with the matter told Reuters the gaps have ceased in recent hours.
Alert covers multiple feeds
The company issued an alert at 11:27:50 a.m. ET, saying the incident affected multiple multicast groups and both hardware and software feeds for Nasdaq, Nasdaq Texas and Nasdaq PSX.
Both the primary "A" and secondary "B" feeds from Carteret had been compromised, according to the alert. Nasdaq advised clients to switch to unaffected backup feeds from its Chicago facility to keep market access, and told those with data gaps to submit recovery requests for missing data.
Source calls it a routine network issue
The person familiar with the matter said the disruption was a routine network issue rather than a fundamental failure of the exchange operator's internal systems. Nasdaq said it was "actively investigating the issue."
Networking gaps on exchanges can roil markets, dampen traders' confidence and attract scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Reuters noted. Shares of Nasdaq, which lists Apple, Tesla and Nvidia, were unaffected by the disruption and have fallen about 3.8% so far in 2026.
Source: Investing.com (Reuters)
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