LSEG says Refinitiv Eikon platform outage fixed

(Reuters) -Users of London Stock Exchange's Refinitiv news and data platform Eikon said on Monday they experienced brief outages across some countries in Europe.

LSEG said after the market close that the problem had been fixed and normal service had resumed.

"Due to a technical issue, certain customers of Refinitiv Eikon / LSEG Workspace and FX Trading experienced temporary login difficulties," a LSEG spokesperson said in a statement, without providing further details.

Thomson Reuters, which owns Reuters News, has been a shareholder in LSEG since 2021. LSEG also pays Reuters for news stories.

(Reporting by Danilo Masoni; Editing by Susan Fenton and Rosalba O'Brien)