At 7:00, the HKEx announced that Typhoon signal No. 9 is now in force and the opening of the securities and derivatives market has been delayed. Take Hong Kong stocks and start trading.

-- Editor's Note

On the 18th, the Hong Kong Observatory officially issued the No. 8 tropical cyclone warning signal in the evening.

It is understood that the Hong Kong Observatory issued a tropical cyclone warning this morning and is expected to pass within 150 kilometers southwest of Hong Kong from tonight to tomorrow morning. As at 10:00 in the evening, severe Tropical Storm Hagos was centred about 130km south-southeast of Hong Kong and is expected to move northwest or west-northwest at a speed of about 20km / h towards the western coast of Guangdong.

When Typhoon signal No. 8 or Storm signal is in force, it will have a significant impact on Hong Kong, such as the closure of schools, the closure of the stock market, and so on. According to the documents disclosed by the HKEx:

• If Typhoon signal No. 8 is lifted on or before 7: 00 a.m. on the second day, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing will trade as usual.

• If it is lifted from 7am to 9am, the pre-opening session will be cancelled and morning trading will resume 2 hours after the lifting of the typhoon signal, starting at 1: 00 or 30: 00.

• If it is lifted from 9am to 11:00, the pre-opening session and morning trading session will be cancelled and the afternoon trading session will start at 1pm as usual.

• If it is lifted from 11:00 to 11:30, the pre-opening session and morning trading session will be cancelled, and the afternoon trading session will start at 01:30

• If it is lifted from 11:30 to 12:00, the pre-opening session and morning trading session will be cancelled, and the afternoon trading session will begin at 2pm.

• If it is terminated after 12:00 noon, trading will be suspended throughout the day.