New Delhi, February 24: After halting trade on all segments following a technical glitch at around 11.40 AM, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) re-opened at around 3.45 PM. The glitch in the index price feed forced NSE to halt the trading across the equity and equity futures and option segments. The NSE and BSE will now remain open till 5 PM today. As the NSE resumed,  Nifty traded at 14,769, up 61 points or 0.41 percent while Sensex zoomed 545 points to 50,296.

Taking to Twitter, NSE said "NSE has multiple telecom links with two service providers to ensure redundancy. We have received communication from both the telecom service providers that there are issues with their links due to which there is an impact on NSE system." Sensex Crosses 52,000 for the First Time, Nifty Tests 15,300.

The exchange added , "We are working on restoring the systems as soon as possible. In view of the above, all the segments have been closed at 11:40 and will be restored as soon as issue is resolved," NSE further added. The live price quotes of all the 11 sector gauges compiled by the NSE are also not updating due to the technical snag. Sensex Touches 50,000-Mark, Up 1,460 Points, Nifty Crosses 14,721 as Union Budget 2021-22 Continues to Enthuse Investors.

Here's the Update by NSE: 

Read the Tweet by NSE Here: 

Before the trading was halted, Nifty 50 went up by 113 points from previous day's close price and is valued at 14,820. Meanwhile the prices of Sensex, Nifty and Nifty Bank Futures are being updated normally.

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