P a n i c ! ! !!

[SizeZero]

Looks like Barclays just shorted the US Market!!!

Barclays just got richer? A good day for the Saudi-loan-merchants then (means bugger all to the Brits, but don't let that put a dampener on things)

[NickFitz]

Nice charts there MF.

BBC

[AtW]

Trader error reported: apparently typed billion instead of million.

What this shows (apart from general incompetence of traders) is that single market can be massively shifted by a very small number of participants.

[TimberWolf]

Trader error reported: apparently typed billion instead of million.

What this shows (apart from general incompetence of traders) is that single market can be massively shifted by a very small number of participants.

"I think the machines just took over," said Charlie Smith, chief investment officer at Fort Pitt Capital Group.
BBC News - US markets plunge on continuing Greek debt concerns

[HairyArsedBloke]

WHAT THE F-CK IS THAT!!!!

DOW Jones



Meanwhile biggest spike was for Barclays Bank(US) Stock



Looks like Barclays just shorted the US Market!!!

Is that the Barclays from the mirror universe?

In ours it looks like

[MarillionFan]

BBC

We can all link other peoples websites Nick!

[SantaClaus]

Trader error reported: apparently typed billion instead of million.

What this shows (apart from general incompetence of traders) is that single market can be massively shifted by a very small number of participants.

CNBC who are politically motivated would have you believe its a trading error

Quote from Ashraf Laidi, Analyst: "NYSE EURONEXT CEO does NOT think that one bank traded wrong number of shares.".

[d000hg]

I saw none of this on the news today... what's going on? £ down below $1.50... ALL my company funds are in $US right now. Not sure it's a good idea to be playing the 4X market with my company £/$ accounts though?