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Launch of circuit breaker set to bring Hong Kong stock exchange into line with global peers

Hong Kong’s stock market has moved into line with global peers, with the exchange operator’s launch yesterday of a circuit breaker to prevent extreme volatility.

The stock-specific approach differs from an attempt by China this year to tame extreme price moves, which regulators had to scrap after only four days when it resulted in the shutdown of the entire stock market within the first half hour of trading on January 7.

The volatility control mechanism has been introduced in an effort to prevent “extreme price volatility arising from major trading errors and other unusual incidents”, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing said.

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