Xavier Rolet, chief executive at the London Stock Exchange, has hailed the "successful" migration of its technology to the <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/open-source/3260727/london-stock-exchange-in-historic-linux-go-live/">new Millennium Exchange platform</a>, following several weeks of severe problems.
The London Stock Exchange has called an urgent meeting next week with price data vendors, in an attempt to solve the <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3261816/london-stock-exchange-price-data-failures-emerged-immediately-at-millennium-launch/">serious market stock price irregularities</a> appearing on traders' screens since the exchange launched its new trading software.
The London Stock Exchange stopped trading this morning immediately after the opening auction, which experienced a major technical glitch.
London Stock Exchange traders are becoming increasingly frustrated at continued data feed problems affecting several large data providers linked to the exchange.
The London Stock Exchange has taken steps to resolve a <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3261177/london-stock-exchange-investigating-potential-system-problem-on-closing-auction/">system problem</a> that occurred at 4.30pm yesterday (Tuesday), which saw a delay to the start of the closing auction and knocked out automatic trades during a 42 second period.