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To: yard_man who wrote (102080)5/14/2001 3:44:22 PM
From: XBrit  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
FTSE really did close down 3.5%, but the reason is a program trading screwup.

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To: yard_man who wrote (102080)5/14/2001 4:51:40 PM
From: IceShark  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
No.

I'm not so sure it was a monkey pounding on a keyboard, though, like Julius is.



To: yard_man who wrote (102080)5/14/2001 6:04:19 PM
From: pater tenebrarum  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
no. not bad data. it really DID fall 140 additional points in the last 5 minutes of trading.