A Chinese state-backed exchange will offer its first futures contract as early as January in an attempt to give the Asian region a greater role in the pricing of global commodities.
Barry Cheung, chairman of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, said that an inaugural gold futures contract would be launched “in early first quarter”.
“I foresee Hong Kong establishing benchmark pricing for key commodities in the Asian time zone,” Mr Cheung said in an address yesterday at the territory's Foreign Correspondents' Club.
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