CBOE's equities exchange reopens after halt

NEW YORK, July 9 (Reuters) - The Chicago Board Options Exchange's stock exchange reopened after a systems problem halted equities trading earlier on Thursday, a spokesman said.

"Stock trading was halted at 8:56 a.m. central time (1356 GMT) at the CBOE stock exchange due to a systems problem. The CBSX has reopened at 9:40 a.m central time," a CBOE spokesman said. No other details were available.

The CBSX is the CBOE's equities trading subsidiary. (Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu in New York and Doris Frankel in Chicago, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)