SINGAPORE (Nov 1): The number of queries made by the Singapore Exchange on unusual trading activity could fall by half, following a refinement of the bourse operator’s surveillance system that will take place on Wednesday.

“We are giving more leeway, we are allowing the price to move more, the volume to increase more, before we query,” says CEO of SGX RegCo, Tan Boon Gin, in an interview on Tuesday.

The number of queries by SGX on unusual trading activities has been on the rise. From 72 for the exchange’s financial year ended June 30, 2012, the number hit 136 for FY2016 and 173 for FY2017.

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