NEW YORK (AP) -Trading has resumed on the New York Stock Exchange after an outage of more than three hours caused by technical problems.

There was no interruption at the dozens of other U.S. stock exchanges Wednesday, including the Nasdaq, so investors were still able to buy and sell stocks easily.

The NYSE didn’t say what the problem was but described it as internal issue and not the result of a breach of its systems.

The market was already lower as traders worried about China’s failure to halt a plunge in its shares and talks remained stuck between Greece and its lenders.

In the last hour of trading the Dow Jones industrial average was down 210 points, or 1.2 percent, at 17,569. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was off 25 points, or 1.2 percent, to 2,056.

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NEW YORK (AP) -The New York Stock Exchange stopped trading in the late morning Wednesday because of a technical issue, though shares continued to trade on other exchanges.

The exchange says in a statement that it is experiencing a “technical issue” that it is working to resolve as quickly as possible. It did not specify the exact nature of the technical issue.

Trading continued on Nasdaq and other exchanges.

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MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Trading was halted on the New York Stock Exchange in the late morning  because of a technical issue.

The halt occurred at about 11:30 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday.

The exchange said in a statement that it was experiencing a “technical issue” that it was working to resolve as quickly as possible.

Before trading was halted, U.S. indexes were lower as investors worried about China’s ability to stem a stock market slide.

The Dow Jones industrial average was down 215 points, or 1.2 percent, to 17,561.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 gave up 24 points, or 1.2 percent, to 2,057. The Nasdaq was down 73 points, or 1.5 percent, to 4,924.

European markets were broadly higher as talks continue on Greece’s debt woes.