Beijing bourse in test for market opening

The Beijing Stock Exchange has announced that it will carry out the first market opening test on Saturday, suggesting the new bourse may commence trading in the near future. A wide range of institutions will participate in the test to check if they are technically prepared for the new bourse kicking off trading. The participants will include the BSE, the National Equities Exchange and Quotations system, China Securities Depository and Clearing Corp Ltd, Shenzhen Securities Communication Co Ltd, China Securities Index Co Ltd, brokerages, information providers, and fund management companies.