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Barclays’ flash-crash and the top five ‘fat-finger’ trades

Fat-finger trades have a long and inglorious history

Barclays’ flash-crash and the top five ‘fat-finger’ trades
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Barclays’ shares crashed 10% at the opening of the London Stock Exchange on 14 April after a suspected so-called fat-finger trade.

The flash-crash wiped as much as £3bn from Barclays’ market capitalisation, with shares plunging to 168p before rebounding to 186p, near its previous closing price.

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