HKEX said its US-dollar gold futures recorded 6,676 contracts in the daytime
session, a record above the prior high of 3,039 contracts on 7 Nov 2022.
Active-month bid-ask spreads tightened to 1–2 ticks; the August contract traded
as tight as $0.01 (one tick), the December contract at two ticks. HKEX said
product-optimization measures drew banks, securities firms, high-frequency
traders, trading houses, gold producers and gold-consuming companies.
exchange called the move part of efforts to expand its gold product suite and
deepen a multi-asset ecosystem to support Hong Kong’s development as an
international gold trading and storage center.
