Trading Hours for HKEx Securities and Derivatives Markets on 24 December and 31 December
Market Operations
23 Dec 2009
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) reminds investors that there will be half-day trading in its securities and derivatives markets on 24 December (Thursday, Christmas Eve) and 31 December (Thursday, New Year’s Eve). Details of the trading hours of the two markets are set out below:
| Securities Market |
Trading Hours |
| All securities |
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
(Pre-opening session: 9:30 am - 10:00 am) |
As there will be no afternoon trading session on 24 December and 31 December, the publication windows for listed issuers to publish their announcements# on the HKExnews website (www.hkexnews.hk) through HKEx’s e-Submission System will be from 6:00 am to 9:00 am and from 12:30 pm to 11:00 pm.
| Derivatives Market |
Trading Hours |
| HIBOR, Three-Year Exchange Fund Note and Gold Futures |
8:30 am – 12:00 noon |
| Stock Index Futures* and Options |
9:45 am – 12:30 pm |
| Stock Futures and Options |
10:00 am – 12:30 pm |
The trading hours of HKEx’s securities and derivatives markets, as well as the publication windows for listed issuers to publish their announcements on the HKExnews website, will remain as usual on 12 February 2010, the last trading day before the Lunar New Year.