Hong Kong Plans New Gold-Futures Platform

Trading set to kick off in May as Hong Kong burnishes status

By Chris Oliver

Hong Kong is on track to kick off a new gold-futures trading platform with settlement in the physical metal next month, marking the emergence of a second exchange in the city offering leveraged bets on the metal’s rise.

The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, known as HKMEx, said it received regulatory clearance to launch gold-futures trading on May 18, according to a statement by the exchange Wednesday.

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