Black Friday futures trading resumes after CME outage

Exchange says data center ‘cooling issue’ to blame

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Trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange resumed Friday after an hours-long outage that halted activity in U.S. stock-index futures and other markets as traders prepared to return from the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

A CME spokeswoman said U.S. grain, oilseed and livestock futures and options were due to open at 8:30 a.m. CT for a holiday-shortened session, as scheduled.

U.S. stock-index futures, Treasury futures, gold and other markets had been affected. CME said a “cooling issue” at Cyrus One data centers was responsible for the halt.