Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has started providing price depth information from its derivatives market through information vendors.
Investors are able to receive price depth information that was previously only available through trading systems.
Information is transmitted in real time through the new TCP/IP feed in the bandwidth of 128Kbps and comprises of aggregated best five bid and ask prices with full volume for all instruments trading on the HKEx derivatives market.
Roger Lee, HKEx senior vice president of e-business and information services says: "The wider distribution of price depth information adds to market transparency and can help investors in their analysis and decision making."
The new feed went live in August and is available to retail and institutional investors on a subscription basis via information vendors, says the Exchange.