SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) has come under fire after stock trading was interrupted for a second time in a month, piling pressure on a bourse and chief executive officer grappling with low trading volume and a dearth of large listings.
A software error led SGX to open the bourse three and a half hours late. The delay came on the heels of a Nov 5 power failure that halted stocks and derivatives trading, prompting the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to brand the latest lapse “unacceptable”.
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