Tokyo Stock Exchange extends closing time for 1st time in 70 years

The Tokyo Stock Exchange has extended its trading hours by 30 minutes starting Tuesday without any trouble on the first day, as it aims to make the bourse more attractive to foreign investors and boost dealing activity.With the first extension of its closing time in 70 years, the Tokyo market will now operate from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with an hourlong lunch break, according to Japan Exchange Group Inc., the parent of the bourse's operator.The market's trading hours were last adjusted in November 2011, when the morning session was extended by 30 minutes to end at the current 11:30 a.m.But it …READ FULL ARTICLE