Deutsche Boerse Says Building Evacuated Because of Bomb Threat

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange building in the city center was evacuated at about 5 p.m. local time today because of a bomb threat, Deutsche Boerse AG said.

While the fully automated Xetra trading system was not affected, trading in the Xetra Frankfurt specialist model “is interrupted in all products until further notice,” the company said in an e-mailed statement today.