@JumpCrisscross covered it pretty well, tbh. Not that this answers your question, but in the past, finance pros have also protested when the Stock Exchange mov

@JumpCrisscross covered it pretty well, tbh. Not that this answers your question, but in the past, finance pros have also protested when the Stock Exchange moved to shorten its lunch break. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange#Trading_hours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange#Tradi... Tl;dr Asia is...unique.