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Men ride on an escalator past an electronic screen and ticker board displaying stock figures at the Singapore Exchange Ltd. (SGX) headquarters in Singapore.
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By Andrea Tan

February 24, 2017 at 9:30 AM UTC

Updated on

February 27, 2017 at 1:18 AM UTC

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Singapore stock traders may finally get their lunch break back.

Singapore Exchange Ltd., which runs the city’s equity market, is considering reinstating the midday intermission, according to people familiar with the matter. SGX in March 2011 scrapped the break, which lasted from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. every day, in an effort to boost trading.