Japan avoided the biggest of all „fat finger“ meltdowns on Wednesday when an unidentified large stockbroker managed to cancel rogue trades worth more than ￡380bn. Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets, said that though markets self-correct after aberrant trades, the Japanese orders would have caused blind panic as automated trades tracked the market downwards.
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