Trading hour to circuit breakers: Markets globally take steps amid Covid-19

Global exchanges are changing trading rules to protect their markets from intense volatility and speculative trading as the coronavirus pandemic threatens the world economy.

Many markets have shortened trading hours, and others are mulling whether to follow suit.

Here are some of the measures taken by exchanges across the world so far:

ASIA

INDIA

** The Reserve Bank of India cut trading hours for bonds and foreign exchange to four hours between April 7 to 17

** India's market regulator halved position limits for certain stock futures, restricted short-selling of index derivatives and raised margin rates for some shares in a bid to curb "abnormally high"