Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., operator of Asia’s third-biggest stock market, said it will extend its trading hours from March 7, 2011.
Effective Mar. 7, 2011, Hong Kong Exchange will implement new trading hours as follows:
Current Effective Mar. 7, 2011
Pre-opening Session 09:30 to 10:00am 09:00 to 09:30am
Morning Session 10:00 to 12:30pm 09:30 to 12:00pm
Afternoon Session 02:30 to 04:00pm 01:30 to 04:00pm
Trading hours will be further extended, with the lunch break being cut further to one hour from 1.5 hours from March 5, 2012, markets will reopen after the lunch break at 1 p.m instead of 1:30p.m.
