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S.Africa's JSE says trade halted due to glitch

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The Johannesburg StockExchange said on Tuesday that trade had been halted on Africa'sbiggest stock market due to a system glitch.

A spokeswoman for bourse operator JSE Ltd said thebourse was investigating the cause of the error. The exchangehas been plagued by system troubles in the past.

(Reporting by David Dolan; Editing by Jon Herskovitz)

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