Possible fat-finger — fat-fist? — drama in London markets on Tuesday:
U is for United Utilties…
H is for Hays…
B is for BT…
N is for NXT…
And funnily enough, U-H-B-N are all adjacent keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
So… any London traders been sent to A&E departments with keyboard-indented forehead injuries this afternoon?
Update - Lest we forget — Northumbria Water was also touched by the hand of fate on Tuesday:
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Update (1630 BST): Fancy that — this might not have been a fat finger, fist or keyboard-mash after all. LSE have got in touch and reckon it was a trader aggressively filling up the order book for the stocks in question, taking advantage of low summer volume. Makes sense. Still odd though.
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