The operator of the Hong Kong stock exchange is seeking feedback on proposals to widen the use of price volatility curbs. Illustration: SCMP The operator of the Hong Kong stock exchange is seeking feedback on proposals to widen the use of price volatility curbs. Illustration: SCMP
The operator of the Hong Kong stock exchange is seeking feedback on proposals to widen the use of price volatility curbs. Illustration: SCMP
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‘Fat finger’ blunders causing sudden stock price volatility in Hong Kong may end with cool-off time curbs

  • Exchange operator looking at sixfold increase in stocks that can be halted after rapid price change
  • Asia’s third largest market moving more toward US style of responding to huge price swings

Topic |   HKEX
Enoch Yiu
Enoch Yiu

Updated: 2:44pm, 1 Sep, 2019

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The operator of the Hong Kong stock exchange is seeking feedback on proposals to widen the use of price volatility curbs. Illustration: SCMP The operator of the Hong Kong stock exchange is seeking feedback on proposals to widen the use of price volatility curbs. Illustration: SCMP
The operator of the Hong Kong stock exchange is seeking feedback on proposals to widen the use of price volatility curbs. Illustration: SCMP
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