The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Thursday it will resume regular trading hours Monday, three months after it began delaying its afternoon session to deal with surges in transactions caused by the Livedoor Co. scandal.
Asia's largest bourse has been starting the afternoon trading session 30 minutes later at 1 p.m. since Jan. 19. The TSE had shut down 20 minutes early the previous day for fear of a system overload, due to a flood of sell orders from panic-stricken traders and investors spooked by prosecutors' raid on the Internet firm.
The afternoon session will return to its usual start time of 12:30 p.m.
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