Disruptions reported at multiple brokerages as GameStop, AMC surge
Published: Jan. 27, 2021 at 10:10 a.m. ET
By Steve Goldstein
Referenced Symbols
GME
+68.75%
AMC
+188.51%
SPX
-1.47%
Disruptions were reported at several major retail brokerages Wednesday morning, following the speculative surge of interest in companies including GameStop GME, +68.75% and AMC Entertainment AMC, +187.53%, as well as a big drop in the major stock-market indexes including the S&P 500 SPX, -1.46%. The website Downdetector reported disruptions to TD Ameritrade, Robinhood, E-trade, Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments, Interactive Brokers and Vanguard, as well as the Reddit message board that has triggered much of the activity.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/disruptions-reported-at-multiple-brokerages-as-gamestop-amc-surge-2021-01-27