UPDATE 1-Hong Kong bourse operator files for RMB counter for trading of its shares

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(Updates with further details, background) March 15 (Reuters) - The Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday said it applied to launch a renminbi counter for the trading of its shares under the upcoming dual-currency counter to support the development of the currency in the local market. The bourse operator, a unit of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd , had announced in December its plans to introduce a new dual-counter trading model in the first half of 2023.


The launch of the new renminbi counter is aimed at further advancing the internationalisation of the Chinese yuan, the stock exchange said in a statement. "The dual-counter arrangement will offer investors a choice of trading currency and the opportunity to potentially tap into new liquidity," HKEX said in the filing. The counter format will allow investors to trade stocks in either the local Hong Kong dollar or the yuan and is expected to diminish price disparity between the two counters.
(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Dhanya Ann Thoppil and Janane Venkatraman)

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