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Enoch Yiu

Hong Kong cancelled trade on its stock and futures’ market on Wednesday because of Typhoon Hato.
Trade was suspended after the Hong Kong Observatory kept its No 10 gale storm warning hoisted at noon, prompting the exchange to scrap the day’s trading session, Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing said in a statement.
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Gold trading at the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society will also terminated due to Typhoon Hato.
Markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen were open for trading.



Hong Kong cancels stock trading as Typhoon Hato lashes city

Floor traders monitor stock prices at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2016. Trading was suspended all of Wednesday as Typhoon Hato battered the city. Photo: AP

A display board showing flights cancelled due to Typhoon Hato is pictured at the downtown airport check-in station in Hong Kong's Central district on August 23, 2017. Heavy rains and driving winds lashed Hong Kong on August 23 shutting schools and the stock market and bringing chaos to the city's international airport where hundreds of flights were cancelled. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE