TREE NEWS update: Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing CEO Chan Yiting said in a CEO blog post on October 12 that the exchange is actively studying extending night-session trading hours for derivatives. HKEX is also preparing to include REITs in Stock Connect and to add RMB equity counters to Southbound Stock Connect, and will consult on optimizing listing rules for specialist technology companies and GEM.
HKEX CEO Says Exchange Studying Longer Night-Session Trading for Derivatives
AI take
The night-session study is the clearest signal yet that HKEX is prioritizing derivatives as a competitive lever, since extended hours would overlap more fully with US and European trading and affect market makers, algo desks and clearing operations most directly. Bundling it with REITs and RMB counters in Stock Connect points to a broader push to widen the cross-border product set rather than a one-off tweak. Whether the consultation on specialist tech and GEM rules translates into actual listing-flow changes is the open question.
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