Single Trade Kickstarted 'Flash Crash': Regulators

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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A computer-driven sale worth $4.1 billion by a single trader helped trigger the May flash crash, setting off liquidity crises that ricocheted between U.S. futures and stock markets, regulators concluded in a report.

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Single Trade Kickstarted 'Flash Crash': Regulators

Reuters, citing internal documents obtained from futures exchange operator CME Group Inc., identified that trader as money manager Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. The report by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Com...

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