Technical glitch leaves Hargreaves clients unable to trade Royal Mail shares

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Technical problems on Hargreaves Lansdown's website have frustrated investors who are trying to trade Royal Mail shares this morning.

On the first day of the shares in the newly privatised business trading on the grey market, before they officially go live on Tuesday, some Hargreaves clients have been unable to log in to their accounts as the website saw a surge in traffic. In a series of tweets, the discount broker said the Royal Mail share offer had created "unprecedented interest" and it is "working hard to solve the problem". "All available staff are working on dealing lines and website, we are trading by phone but delays getting through, our sincere apologies," a second tweet read. Later the group posted: "W...

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