Citigroup Says Human Error Caused ‘Flash Crash’ Hit to European Shares

Citigroup Says Human Error Caused ‘Flash Crash’ Hit to European Shares
A 'Citi' sign is displayed outside Citigroup Center near Citibank headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Dec. 5, 2012. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Citigroup Inc. said on May 2 that a so-called “flash crash” in European stock markets occurred when one of its traders made an error.

The acknowledgment came just hours after the stock market experienced an extremely rapid decline in the price of a number of assets, something that traders often refer to as a “flash crash” and which is caused by human error.

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