China Mulls Extending Trading Hours for Stocks, Bonds (1)

China’s securities regulator will study extending trading hours of the A share market and bonds, according to a statement from the CSRC on boosting capital markets and investors’ confidence.

• The statement doesn’t give details on the trading hour extension
• China will cut handling fees on stock transactions
• CSRC also says it noted market appeal for cutting the stamp duty
• CSRC refers to other government departments on any stamp duty cut
• Looks into restricting financing activities of some poorly performing listed companies
• Revises rules to relax share buyback conditions, and to support listed companies to start shares buyback
• At this stage, ...