Australia's ASX announcements platform operational issue 'largely resolved'

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) faced an outage in its announcements platform, affecting about 80 stocks. The issue was largely resolved by evening, but non-price sensitive announcements were still being processed. The outage has intensified calls for ASX to improve its risk management framework, as it battles regulatory scrutiny. ASX shares fell 2.8%, highlighting ongoing challenges for the exchange operator.