(Yicai) Jan. 8 -- Wind, one of China’s most widely used financial terminals, has been partially restored following a network failure earlier today.

“Failed to connect to the server. Please try again later,” read a message on the terminals this morning.

Wind Information Technology’s backbone network line had failed, resulting in some services not being carried out normally, the Shanghai-based company said, adding that engineers were busy repairing it.

Wind Information said that as of 11.30 a.m., part of the network had been repaired and reconnected, its official website had been restored, and it would publish updates on the site. Yicai tried several times, but could still not log in normally.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Shanghai’s Lujiazui Financial Center, Wind Information provides financial data, information, and software services in China to many securities companies, asset and fund managers, insurers, banks, and media outlets.

Shares of Wind’s rival 10JQKA.com [SHA: 300033] closed up 3.6 percent at CNY154.3 (USD21.60) apiece in Shanghai, after earlier gaining by as much as 8.1 percent.

Editor: Tom Litting