FILE PHOTO: CME Group Inc logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) -Exchange operator CME Group said on Friday that its Globex futures and options markets pre-opened at 07:00 Central Time (1300 GMT) and open at 07:30 CT, after an earlier halt caused by a cooling issue at its data centres.

The world's biggest exchange operator by market value had paused activity across several markets earlier in the day as it worked to resolve the issue.

CME, which offers trading in benchmark products spanning rates, equities, metals, energy, cryptocurrencies and agriculture, first reported the outage at 0240 GMT on its website.

(Reporting by Kavya Balaraman and Sherin Elizabeth Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema)