Trading on short-dated German bond futures interrupted twice on Monday, Eurex says

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Trading in two-year German government bond futures was interrupted on Monday, Deutsche Boerse's derivatives arm Eurex told Reuters, as markets swung sharply after U.S. President Donald Trump postponed military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure.

Two so-called volatility interruptions took place at 11:05:42 GMT and 11:17:04 GMT, the spokesperson said on Tuesday, as a selloff in government bonds reversed sharply after the news.

The volatility interruption, which is different than a trading halt, is a safeguarding tool and triggered automatically by Eurex's trading system, the spokesperson said, to ensure trading runs smoothly even in extreme market conditions.