Nasdaq trading halts for nearly two hours [1]

By CNBC [2] | CNBC – 5 minutes ago

Traders waited nervously Thursday for the Nasdaq to begin trading after a two-hour shutdown Thursday. The exchange said partial trading would resume at approximately 2:45, and be completely back online at 3:10.

Dozens of publicly traded companies, including high-profile companies such as Apple (AAPL [3]), Microsoft (MSFT [4]) and Facebook (FB [5]), were showing their shares halted. The Nasdaq status message was time stamped at 12:14:03 ET. As of 2:10, the exchange was still down.