Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) said Monday that it will not extend the A-share trading time to 4:00 pm to match the trading time with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), news portal 21cbh.com reported Monday.

The report cites an unidentified staff from the publicity department of SSE, saying that the length of trading time does not have a big impact on the investors, and the SSE will still keep the original trading time.

Currently, the trading time in HKEx is from 10 am to 12:30 am, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm compared with the stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen which run from 9:30 am to 11:30 am and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.