New York Stock Exchange has resumed trading

NEW YORK — New York Stock Exchange resumed trading at 3:10 p.m. Eastern after outage of more than three hours.

Trading was halted on the exchange in the late morning because of a technical issue, though shares continued to trade on other exchanges.

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.