HKEX CEO: Actively Studying Extension of Night Session Trading Hours for Derivatives

Cecilia Cheng, Group CEO of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), published a new blog post. Notably, her latest statement covered significant developments, including consultations on optimizing listing regimes for specialized technology companies and GEM; attracting more international enterprises to list in Hong Kong as primary or second-listed issuers; ongoing preparations with mainland partners to include real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the Stock Connect scheme and add RMB stocks to the HKEX's counter; actively studying an extension of night session trading hours for derivatives; and regarding extending stock market trading hours, HKEX will lead market discussions to find a solution acceptable to all parties. (Securities Times)