On March 9, the March contract for Hang Seng Index night futures opened at 25,295 points. As of 17:15 Beijing Time, the March contract was trading at 25,269 points, up 2 points or 0.008%, representing a discount of 139 points to the spot index. The trading volume stood at 161 contracts. The total number of open contracts was 149,236, with the net open interest reported at 42,043 contracts.