WSJ : Bloomberg Terminals Go Down Globally

Bloomberg Terminals Go Down Globally
Traders say Bloomberg terminals went dark more than an hour ago

HONG KONG—Bloomberg’s financial terminals went down globally on Friday, causing disruption to traders who rely on the data machine to analyze and trade securities.

The U.S.-based company run by Michael Bloomberg confirmed the disruption, with traders saying the terminals went dark more than an hour ago.

Bloomberg’s data-and-information terminals are used widely by bond, stock, commodities and foreign-exchange traders globally both to trade and to chat with other market participants logged in to the terminals. The financial news and data provider controls a large portion of financial data.

News Corp’s Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, competes with Bloomberg on financial news.