Singapore's stock exchange suffered a major technical breakdown today, leaving investors unable to trade for half a day.
Trading stopped due to a technical error, Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) said on its website.
"The SGX securities market was put in due to duplicate trade confirmation messages being generated," it said.
SGX promised to reopen in the afternoon but later said it was closing the exchange for the rest of the day.
SGX last suffered major trading disruptions in 2014.
On November 5, 2014, trading halted for over two hours due to a power failure. Less than a month later, market opening was delayed by more than three hours because of a software glitch.
Singapore's central bank rebuked the exchange, which last year said it would spend Sg$20 million ($15m) to upgrade its technical infrastructure.
