MANILA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The Philippine Stock Exchange said on Tuesday it had delayed the market's opening and halted trading because of a technical issue.

A glitch prevented 43 of 125 brokerage firms from connecting to the bourse's trading engine, the stock exchange operator said in an advisory. (https://bit.ly/3pSPZIi) (Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales Editing by Ed Davies)