Longer trading hours won't fix ills of Asia bourses: report

Mar 21, 2011

Asia-Pacific exchanges – particularly Hong Kong's – need to do more to boost volumes than simply open earlier and shorten their lunch breaks, stresses agency broker Instinet.

Longer trading hours won't fix ills of Asia bourses: report

Exchanges in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore have lengthened their trading hours in recent months to attract greater liquidity and volume. But such moves will not be sufficient to achieve their aims, argues agency broker Instinet in a report to be released today.

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