The evening trading session of the Hang Seng Index futures (August contract) opened at 26,001 points on August 3. As of 17:16 Beijing time, the futures contract stood at 25,992 points, down 4 points or 0.015%, representing a 17-point discount to the underlying index. Trading volume reached 177 contracts.

The total number of open interest contracts was 120,568, while the net open interest stood at 25,287 contracts.