Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced that due to technical issues with the HKATS gateway service supporting Participant access to the HKATS, trading of all futures and options products on HKATS has been temporarily suspended until further notice.

HKEx will make an assessment of the situation and make further announcements as soon as possible.

The HKEx securities market which uses the Automatic Order Matching and Execution System (AMS/3) and the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company will not be affected by the suspension of trading on HKATS. They will remain open and will continue to offer trading and clearing services as normal.

The public will be informed at the same time as participants as to when the futures and options markets will resume normal operations.