Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 06/11/2019

Highlights

- Securities Market

  • Market capitalisation was $31.8 trillion at the end of October 2019, an increase of 10 per cent from $28.8 trillion at the end of October 2018.
  • The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first ten months of 2019 was $8.4 billion, an increase of 14 per cent when compared with $7.4 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first ten months of 2019 was $4.5 billion, an increase of 5 per cent when compared with $4.3 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of debt securities for the first ten months of 2019 was $0.3 billion, an increase of 50 per cent when compared with $0.2 billion for the same period last year.

- Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of Stock Futures for the first ten months of 2019 was 3,861 contracts, an increase of 36 per cent when compared with the 2,830 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of RMB Currency Futures for the first ten months of 2019 was 8,470 contracts, an increase of 17 per cent when compared with the 7,219 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of Gold Futures for the first ten months of 2019 was 2,330 contracts, an increase of 71 per cent when compared with the 1,362 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 4 October 2019, the turnover and the open interest of Weekly Hang Seng Index Options reached a record high of 6,537 contracts and 6,452 contracts respectively.
  • On 11 October 2019, the turnover and the open interest of Weekly Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options reached a record high of 3,897 contracts and 6,552 contracts respectively.

 

Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)

Month-end figures

 

Oct 2019

Oct 2018

End 2018

No. of listed companies

2,413

2,285

2,315

Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)

31,791.2

28,784.9

29,909.4

No. of newly listed companies *

22

19

218

No. of listed securities

13,099

13,420

13,290

No. of equity warrants

3

2

3

No. of derivatives warrants

4,922

7,112

6,763

No. of inline warrants

601

-

-

No. of CBBCs

3,624

2,699

2,847

No. of unit trusts

153

146

149

No. of debt securities

1,365

1,159

1,195

* Includes the number of transfer of listings from GEM to Main Board

 

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

 

Oct 2019

Sep 2019

% Change

Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *

1,593,778

1,592,651

0.1%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *

75,894

75,841

0.1%

No. of trading days

21

21

-

* Turnover value for securities traded in non-Hong Kong dollar currency have been included

 

Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM)

 

Oct 2019
($Mil)

Sep 2019
($Mil)

% Change

Equities

1,200,607.17

(75.3%)

1,197,166.04

(75.2%)

0.3%

 

Derivative warrants

127,055.94

(8.0%)

133,428.40

(8.4%)

-4.8%

 

CBBCs

155,153.27

(9.7%)

147,849.27

(9.3%)

4.9%

 

Inline warrants

27.34

(0.0%)

19.43

(0.0%)

40.7%

 

Unit Trusts

(include ETFs)

107,053.12

(6.7%)

110,253.39

(6.9%)

-2.9%

 

( ) % of market total
Turnover value for securities traded in non-Hong Kong dollar currency have been included

 

ATS Transactions

The total turnover of automated trading services’ (ATS) transactions for Oct 2019 was $25,689 million (1.6% of the securities market total turnover).

 

Mainland Enterprises (Main Board and GEM)

Month-end figures

 

Oct 2019

Oct 2018

End 2018

No. of H shares

278

262

267

No. of Red chips Stocks

175

164

164

No. of Mainland private enterprises

760

694

715

Market capitalisation (% of market total)

68.5%

67.3%

67.5%

Turnover value (% of equity turnover)

75.6%

78.8%

79.5%

 

Index Performance

Month-end figures

 

Oct 2019

% Change
over 1 Month

% Change
over 12 Months

S&P/HKEX LargeCap Index

34850.62

3.4%

8.1%

S&P/HKEX GEM Index

82.92

-8.4%

-47.1%

Hang Seng Index

26906.72

3.1%

7.7%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index

10533.24

3.3%

3.9%

Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*

4264.52

2.8%

4.1%

CES China 120 Index ^

6804.35

2.0%

17.5%

CESChina HK Mainland Index +

7493.83

4.2%

8.9%

* - tracks Red chips
^ - tracks 80 Mainland-listed companies and 40 Hong Kong-listed Mainland enterprises

+ - tracks 40 Hong Kong-listed Mainland enterprises

 

Derivatives Market Turnover

 

Average Daily Volume (Contracts)

Oct 2019

Sep 2019

% Change

Total Futures

421,757

419,758

0.5%

Hang Seng Index Futures

186,712

182,622

2.2%

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

85,087

81,353

4.6%

HSI (Gross Total Return Index) Futures

0

0

-

HSI (Net Total Return Index) Futures

0

0

-

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

123,103

124,110

-0.8%

Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

13,309

12,932

2.9%

HSCEI (Gross Total Return Index) Futures

0

0

-

HSCEI (Net Total Return Index) Futures

0

0

-

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

0

0

-

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

1,826

891

104.9%

HSI Volatility Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI AC Asia ex Japan NTR Index Futures

181

3,303

-94.5%

CES China 120 Index Futures

0

1

-100.0%

CES Gaming Top 10 Index Futures

0

0

-

Hang Seng Mainland Oil & Gas Index Futures

59

70

-15.7%

Hang Seng Mainland Banks Index Futures

45

66

-31.8%

Hang Seng Mainland Healthcare Index Futures

0

0

-

Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index Futures

46

51

-9.8%

Hang Seng IT Hardware Index Futures

0

0

-

Hang Seng Software & Services Index Futures

0

0

-

IBOVESPA Futures

0

0

-

MICEX Index Futures

0

0

-

FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures

0

0

-

Stock Futures

1,982

2,939

-32.6%

3-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

1-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures

6,182

8,441

-26.8%

RMB Currency Futures - EUR/CNH Futures

13

16

-18.8%

RMB Currency Futures - JPY/CNH Futures

11

15

-26.7%

RMB Currency Futures - AUD/CNH Futures

9

8

12.5%

RMB Currency Futures - CNH/USD Futures

13

26

-50.0%

USD Gold Futures

2,508

2,138

17.3%

CNH Gold Futures

289

289

0.0%

Iron Ore Futures – Monthly Contracts

122

129

-5.4%

Iron Ore Futures – Quarterly Contracts

0

0

-

CNH London Aluminium Mini Futures

0

0

-

CNH London Zinc Mini Futures

0

0

-

CNH London Copper Mini Futures

0

0

-

CNH London Lead Mini Futures

0

0

-

CNH London Nickel Mini Futures

0

1

-100.0%

CNH London Tin Mini Futures

0

0

-

USD London Aluminium Mini Futures

63

99

-36.4%

USD London Zinc Mini Futures

0

0

-

USD London Copper Mini Futures

189

249

-24.1%

USD London Lead Mini Futures

0

0

-

USD London Nickel Mini Futures

6

9

-33.3%

USD London Tin Mini Futures

0

0

-

Total Options

539,861

520,282

3.8%

Hang Seng Index Options

43,721

49,076

-10.9%

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

12,468

12,874

-3.2%

Flexible Hang Seng Index Options

0

0

-

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

85,526

81,831

4.5%

Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

2,357

3,003

-21.5%

Flexible Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

0

0

-

Weekly Hang Seng Index Options *

3,507

837

319.0%

Weekly Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options *

1,165

250

366.0%

Stock Options

391,090

372,840

4.9%

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Options

27

88

-69.3%

Total Futures and Options

961,618

940,040

2.3%

* Trading commenced on 16 September 2019

 

Clearing and Settlement

CCASS Statistics (securities market)

Oct 2019

Sep 2019

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades settled by CCASS

1,271,082

1,325,506

-4.11%

Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS

84,341

86,703

-2.72%

Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS

201

214

-6.07%

Average daily settlement efficiency of CNS stock positions on due day (T+2)

99.94

99.91

N/A

Shares deposited in the CCASS depository
– % of total issued shares
– % of the total market capitalisation


75.00
60.56


75.40
60.46


N/A
N/A

DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)

Oct 2019

Sep 2019

% Change

Month-end Open Interest (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

665,998

648,747

2.7%

– Stock Futures

18,687

17,972

4.0%

– Interest Rates Futures

110

130

-15.4%

– RMB Currency Futures

27,335

26,774

2.1%

– Gold Futures

815

911

-10.5%

– Iron Ore Futures

1,842

2,101

-12.3%

– London Metal Mini Futures

418

235

77.9%

– Equity Index Options

3,024,552

2,955,747

2.3%

– Stock Options

7,976,026

7,626,463

4.6%

– RMB Currency Options

4,055

4,140

-2.1%

 

Year-to-date Statistics

Securities Market

Oct 2019

YTD

Oct 2018

YTD

% Change

No. of newly listed companies #

130

185

-29.7%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^

89,037

112,687

-21.0%

Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)

258,819

224,394

15.3%

Average no. of trades per trading day

1,489,164

1,639,212

-9.2%

Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)

148,760

256,511

-42.0%

Total funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.)*

258,104

476,033

-45.8%

Derivatives Market

Oct 2019
YTD

Oct 2018
YTD

% Change

Average daily volume (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

468,106

507,457

-7.8%

– Stock Futures

3,861

2,830

36.4%

– Interest Rates Futures

1

4

-75.0%

– RMB Currency Futures

8,470

7,219

17.3%

– Gold Futures

2,330

1,362

71.1%

– Iron Ore Futures

257

31

729.0%

– London Metal Mini Futures

107

8

1237.5%

– Equity Index Options

157,810

162,444

-2.9%

– Stock Options

456,508

534,622

-14.6%

– RMB Currency Options

67

118

-43.2%

Clearing & Settlement

Oct 2019
YTD

Oct 2018
YTD

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,488,421

1,638,545

-9.16%

Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS

94,913

103,518

 

-8.31%

Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS

235

324

-27.47%

# Includes the number of transfer of listings from GEM to Main Board
^ Turnover value for traded in non-HKD currency securities have been included
* Provisional figures only

 

Historical Records

up to 31 October 2019

Top 10 Hang Seng Index Closes

Rank

Date

Close

1

2018/01/26

33154.12

2

2018/01/29

32966.89

3

2018/01/24

32958.69

4

2018/01/23

32930.70

5

2018/01/31

32887.27

6

2018/01/25

32654.45

7

2018/02/01

32642.09

8

2018/01/30

32607.29

9

2018/02/02

32601.78

10

2018/01/22

32393.41

 

Top 10 Daily Market Turnover

(Main Board and GEM)

Rank

Date

Turnover ($)

1

2015/04/09

293,910,756,648

2

2018/03/23

284,101,947,853

3

2015/04/13

266,098,632,854

4

2018/02/06

258,799,618,543

5

2015/04/08

252,396,050,844

6

2015/04/14

239,903,336,931

7

2015/07/08

237,429,139,110

8

2015/04/10

222,888,834,174

9

2018/02/09

219,595,292,569

10

2018/02/07

218,890,883,115

 

Top 10 Market Capitalisation

(Main Board and GEM)

Rank

Date

Market Capitalisation ($)

1

2018/01/26

37,715,721,713,817

2

2018/01/29

37,498,267,978,409

3

2018/01/24

37,458,993,282,123

4

2018/01/23

37,434,956,503,062

5

2018/01/31

37,196,824,130,391

6

2018/01/25

37,171,558,627,632

7

2018/01/30

37,034,857,609,118

8

2018/02/02

36,948,839,611,393

9

2018/02/01

36,943,877,577,778

10

2018/01/22

36,925,559,142,548

 

Record High for Top-10 Derivatives Market Products (Based on Contract Volume)

Product

Record High Daily Volume

Record High Open Interest

 

Contracts

Date

Contracts

Date

Stock Options

1,221,324

2015/04/13

13,725,731

2018/03/27

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

477,061

2019/02/25

635,051

2018/12/27

Hang Seng Index Futures

422,450

2018/10/26

206,082

2017/06/27

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

232,994

2018/02/09

3,749,790

2018/11/28

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

215,927

2018/02/07

22,321

2018/10/26

Hang Seng Index Options

133,419

2019/08/26

594,941

2017/11/28

Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

76,471

2018/02/06

16,436

2014/12/11

MSCI AC Asia ex Japan NTR Index Futures

55,788

2019/09/17

46,698

2019/09/17

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

36,928

2019/08/26

66,588

2019/08/28

Stock Futures

27,966

2007/03/28

47,050

2013/03/27