Tokyo Stock Exchange Suffers Complete Outage

A major outage occurred in the world's third-largest market due to an unexpected hardware failure, compounded by a backup device failure, halting data transmission in the $6 trillion market. This marked the first full-day suspension since the market went fully electronic in 1999. Japanese officials have urged the Stock Exchange to prevent future occurrences, with plans to reopen the market as usual on Friday.

What was the primary cause of the market outage?

• A cyber attack

• A software update

• An unexpected hardware failure

• A planned maintenance

How much is the market worth where the data transmission was halted?

• $9 trillion

• $1 trillion

• $3 trillion

• $6 trillion

When was the last time the market faced a full day suspension before this incident?

• 2010

• 2005

• 1999

• 1995

What action did Japanese officials take following the outage?

• They decided to close the market indefinitely

• They urged the Stock Exchange to prevent future outages

• They called for an investigation

• They imposed fines on the Stock Exchange

When is the market expected to reopen after the outage?

• Saturday

• Friday

• Wednesday

• Monday