TOKYO: Tokyo Stock Exchange will test capacity-boosting measures over the weekend after surging trading volumes forced the bourse to shorten trading sessions, an official said Friday.
Unable to process a flood of sell orders Wednesday triggered by an unfolding scandal at an Internet startup, Asia's biggest bourse halted trading 20 minutes early, the first time the market stopped trading because of a surge in volume.
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