NYSE Halts Trading In Several Hundred Stocks Due To "Connectivity Issues"

Developing story: Among the affected stocks are GE, Merck and Exxon - the reason cited for the halt is "connectivity issues." Did all the Supplemental Liquidity Providers leave for the Hamptons to riverboat blond Latvian exports early today? Or did GS - Sigma Server X1 get a Norton AV uncaught Trojan? That explains why all trades are now automatically rerouted to adultfriendfinder.com (for all who read into the last statement as have anything more than 0% seriousness, may God have mercy on your souls).

Full list of affected stocks:

ABG, ABVT, ACE, ACO, AEE, AFL, AHC, AHR, AIG, AIG PRA, AIQ, AMT, AMX, APC, ATR, ATW, AVA, AWK, AXP, BAC, BBD, BDK, BGC, BHI, BJS, BLC, BLK, BW, BWP, BYI, CB, CBR, CCI, CJA, CJB, CPN, CPX, CRI, CRK, CRL, CTB, CVG, CXW, CZZ, DEP, DOV, DPS, DRC, DSW, DVN, DY, DYN, EBR, EBR B, EEP, EEQ, EFX, EIX, EPD, EPE, ESL, ETE, ETN, ETP, EVC, FGP, FNA, FNM, FPL, FSC, FST, GBX, GE, GET, GIL, GJJ, GR, GY, HCF, HEW, HHS, HJJ, HJL, HLX, HP, HYL, ICE, ICO, IDA, IEP, IO, IPG, ISH, ISM, JCI, JCI PRZ, JZC, KBR, KCP, KEX, KMT, KSP, KWK, LEG, LTM, LUB, LVS, MCD, MDR, MDU, MEG, MET, MGM, MHP, MIR, MIR WSA, MIR WSB, MPX, MRK, MS, MTW, MYE, NEM, NFG, NLY, NOC, NPO, NRG, NSH, NTG, NU, NUE, OB, OKS, ORB, ORI, OSG, OSK, OSP, PAA, PAC, PBR, PBR A, PDA, PGI, PHH, PLL, PLT, PMI, PNC, PNC PRC, PNC PRD, PNK, PNM, POM, POR, PPL, PRO, PVD, PXP, QTM, R, RES, RGA, RGA, PRA, RRI, RT, RTI, RTN, RTN WS, RVI, SAB, SCI, SE, SEP, SGP, SGP PRB, SHG, SID, SJM, SLE, SLM, SNA, SNS, SPH, SRZ, SUG, SUP, SWX, SY, SYX, T, TAL, TC, TCI, TDC, TDW, TEX, TG, TGI, THC, TNK, TOD, TOO, TPP, TRH, TRN, TRR, TRW, TTO, TWC, TWX, TYG, TYN, TYY, UBA, UBP, UNF, URI, URS, USU, V, VALE, VALE P, VIA, VIA B, VMC, VZ, WEC, WLP, WMB, WMZ, WPZ, WTR, WTU, WW, WWE, XL, XL PRY, XOM, ZAP, ZLC

hat tip Mike