The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> did not reflect its components' stock prices for more than 10 minutes at the open on Monday, as Dow Jones Indexes said it had faced a technical problem.

The index provider had technical difficulties with the real time dissemination of at least one of it major indexes, a spokesperson for DJ Indexes said.

The 30-component blue-chip average showed a flat open while most of its components were trading higher and the broader S&P 500 <.SPX> rose nearly 1 percent shortly after the bell.

After the issue was resolved, the DJIA rose more than 1 percent to a session high of 10,898.32. It closed at 10,771.78 on Friday.