Hong Kong Stock Exchange: Launching gold futures full market trading fee waiver promotion

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced that it will introduce market-wide trading fee discounts for USD gold futures contracts, as well as incentives for liquidity providers and active traders. These arrangements will take effect starting in July 2026 for a period of twelve months, and may be revised by the exchange from time to time. 1. The exchange will waive the original $1 trading fee for USD gold futures contracts. This trading fee waiver will be applicable from July 6, 2026 to June 30, 2027. 2. The liquidity provider incentive program and active trader incentive program for USD gold futures are now open for applications, with the program period running from July 6, 2026 to June 30, 2027. Applicants can only participate in either the liquidity provider program or the active trader program, but not both. Interested participants must submit their applications by June 16, 2026 if they wish to join the liquidity provider incentive program, or if they intend to participate in the active trader incentive program starting from July 6, 2026.