Nymex not worried by screen trading glitch

New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) said it has corrected a technical glitch that downed its electronic trading platforms last week and reassured traders that the problem was not a harbinger of doom for its side-by-side trading plan.

Market participants have raised questions over the ability of Nymex's systems to cope with its forthcoming switch to side-by-side screen and pit trading (see FO Week...