The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) has proposed to roll out after-hours futures trading to boost Hong Kong’s derivatives market. The proposal includes trading of three futures contracts, Hang Seng Index (HSI) futures, H-shares Index (HHI) futures and gold futures, from 30 minutes after the current market close until 11:15 pm.

The exchange also proposed to register the after-hours trading session as T+1 trades that will be cleared and settled on the following trading day. The proposal also requires that there should be appropriate market monitoring during the T+1 Session and a new mandatory variation adjustment and margin call following the opening of the T Session on the following trading day.