Jul 30, 2026
✦The Business Times
SGX's past experiment offers insights as Hong Kong exchange proposes scrapping lunch break
Hong Kong’s stock exchange is proposing to scrap its lunch trading break, a move Singapore tried before. SGX removed the pause in 2011 but brought it back six years later. Market analyst Zavier Wong said, "Singapore's own experience tells us that an extra hour on its own doesn't necessarily create new capital."