Change of Hong Kong Exchanges trading hours on March 5, 2012

With effect from March 5, 2012 (first Monday of the month). There will be a change of mid-day break in the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) which will now last between 12pm and 1pm (new) instead, and the afternoon trading session will be from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm (new) instead of 1:30pm to 4pm (old). (see table below)

HKEx will extend the trading hours in its securities market as follows:

	Current	Effective March 5, 2012
Pre-opening Session	09:00am - 09:30am	Same as Current
Morning Session	09:30am - 12:00am	Same as Current
Mid-day break	12:00pm - 13:30pm	12:00pm - 1:00pm
Afternoon Session	1:30pm - 4:00pm	1:00pm - 4:00pm

Trading in HKEx’s derivatives markets and the auction sessions of the securities and derivatives markets will also start earlier from March 7, 2012.  

More on  www.hkex.com.hk.