Text from Bernama.com on the non trading in bursamalaysia stocks for the morning session. Catastrophic multiple hardware failure.

"KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Bernama) -- Trading on Bursa Malaysia will resume at 2.30pm Thursday after a system failure caused it to close for the entire morning session.

In a statement here today, Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd said trading would resume from the back-up system at its alternate trading site.

Bursa Malaysia said it would investigate the problem that caused the trading system failure in the morning at its primary site and was working towards resuming trading from the primary site as soon as possible.

Separately, the Securities Commission (SC) said it has been in close communication with Bursa Malaysia following the technical failure in the trading system.

Bursa Malaysia has assured the SC it was working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.

The SC will continue to monitor developments closely in order for market integrity to be maintained at all times."