Hong Kong's only stock and futures exchange. It was formed in 2000 when the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Hong Kong Futures Exchanged Limited merged with the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited. Pre-opening hours are from 9:30am-10am while actual trading hours are from 10am-4pm local time. In EST, this would be 8:30pm-9pm for pre-trading hours while hours of operation are from 9pm-3am.