Traders arrive at four, the market opens at half five, and 60 per cent of the day’s sales are done by seven.
The market’s peak lasts ninety minutes. It opens at half past five, and by seven most traders have done around 60 per cent of the day’s business.
We filmed across five consecutive mornings, following three traders from preparation through to packing up.
Most of the work happens before opening. Traders typically arrive at four to unload, sort, weigh and lay out — all of it finished before it gets light.
Footage from the scene has been viewed more than eight million times. Emergency services took 214 flood-related calls in six hours, with no injuries reported.
From the pilot boat before dawn to the cranes still working at midnight, we spent a day and a half on the docks recording a port that never stops.
The cut is expected to release several hundred billion yuan in longer-term funds. Main indices opened higher, led by banks and property.
Clearly written, and the section on the data is more solid than most coverage of this.