Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), which operates Asia’s third-largest stock market, will reduce the minimum trading spread for about 300 stocks starting Monday, a move aimed at lowering transaction costs and increasing turnover.
“The minimum spread is the minimum price change for a stock traded on an exchange and determines the tightest bid-ask spread allowed,” the HKEX said in the conclusion of its consultation on the spread reform. “A reduction of minimum spreads could therefore…
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