No Afternoon Trading Session in Securities and Derivatives Markets due to issue of Typhoon Signal No. 8

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announces that there will be no afternoon trading session for the securities and derivatives markets today due to the issue of Typhoon Signal no. 8.  The trading of the two iShares of the securities market, the HIBOR Futures and Three-year EFN Futures of the derivatives market will be terminated at 2:35 pm (15 minutes after the signal was issued).

For the details of arrangements for trading, and clearing and settlement during typhoons and black rainstorms, please refer to the rule books and summary table on the HKEx website at http://www.hkex.com.hk.