Hong Kong Stock Exchange Trading Floor

Hong kong s last remaining stock market floor traders are taking their final orders as the exchange prepares to shut its trading hall.

Hong kong stock exchange trading floor.

Welcome to hong kong exchanges and clearing market website. Stock exchange operator hong kong exchanges and clearing said earlier this month it would shut the trading floor one of the few remaining such venues in major global markets in october. Find information for the hkex s news market data stock quotes market data listing matter products information and market operations information. The physical trading floor at exchange square was closed in october 2017.

Hong kong stock exchange hkg hk. Trading at the physical trading floor will close after 31 years. About 1 000 hong kong traders joined chief executive carrie lam cheng yuet ngor on friday to bid farewell to the stock exchange trading hall marking the end of 126 years of floor trading in the. Hkex in hong kong china on tuesday oct.

The bourse s operator hong kong exchanges clearing says it will close the trading hall by the end of the month and turn the space into a showcase for the city s financial markets. Media caption a stockbroker s journey from heyday to the end of an era. It s a bittersweet day at the hong kong stock exchange. The trading hall and exchange exhibition hall will be renamed hong kong connect hall after they are renovated.

As more and more stock exchange participants chose to trade at their own offices due to the advancement of technology floor trading declined substantially. Electronic trading was introduced in 1993 and off floor trading began in 1996. Hong kong exchange ends floor trading after three decades hall closure comes amid speculation third board plans to be scrapped brokers gather to mark the end of floor trading in hong kong on oct.