By Scott Murdoch

Dec 1 (Reuters) – The Australian Securities Exchange’s announcements platform was down on Monday, with companies due to release price-sensitive information placed in a trading halt, according to a company spokesperson.

The outage is the latest in a string of problems for the stock exchange operator that has been criticised by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and the Reserve Bank of Australia for its performance.

ASX trading and settlement are not impacted.

The outage comes after CME Group, the world’s largest exchange operator, on Friday suffered one of its longest outages in years, halting trading across stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies.

“ASX is investigating an issue impacting the publication of company announcements,” its website said.

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