Glitches, shutdowns at bourses in India and Indonesia result in an unhappy Monday

Mumbai

ASIA'S stock exchanges have had smoother starts to a week.

India's National Stock Exchange (NSE), the country's biggest bourse, suffered its longest-ever halt on Monday after an unidentified glitch disrupted orders and price feeds, forcing the operator to freeze all equities and derivatives trading. Indonesia was also hit with a data issue and responded with its own shutdown. In both cases, brokers said that confusion reigned even after the venues had announced the suspensions.