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ASX Trading Halted: Technical Glitch Sparks Governance Concerns

12/1/2025

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The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) faced a December 1, 2025 outage that disrupted ASX's announcements platform and halted trading for approximately 80 companies before 9 a.m. AEDT until late afternoon.
ASX attributed disruption to a technical problem, not a cybersecurity incident.
The outage raised governance concerns after criticisms from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), and ASX shares fell 2.8%.

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The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) faced a December 1, 2025 outage that disrupted ASX's announcements platform and halted trading for approximately 80 companies before 9 a.m. AEDT until late afternoon.
ASX attributed disruption to a technical problem, not a cybersecurity incident.
The outage raised governance concerns after criticisms from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), and ASX shares fell 2.8%.