Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 06/04/2020

Highlights

- Securities Market

  • Market capitalisation was $32.8 trillion at the end of March 2020, a decrease of 3 per cent from $33.8 trillion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover in March 2020 was $141.7 billion, an increase of 28 per cent from $110.6 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover for the first three months of 2020 was $120.9 billion, an increase of 20 per cent when compared with $101.1 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first three months of 2020 was $6.3 billion, an increase of 47 per cent when compared with $4.3 billion for the same period last year.
  • Total funds raised for the first three months of 2020 was $93.4 billion, an increase of 107 per cent when compared with $45.1 billion for the same period last year.

- Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first three months of 2020 was 1,298,207 contracts, an increase of 9 per cent when compared with the 1,187,529 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of equity index futures for the first three months of 2020 was 556,993 contracts, an increase of 15 per cent when compared with the 484,364 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of equity index options for the first three months of 2020 was 187,356 contracts, an increase of 18 per cent when compared with the 159,348 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 19 March 2020, the turnover of Mini Hang Seng Index Futures reached a record high of 298,812 contracts.
  • On 6 March 2020, the open interest of Weekly Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options reached a record high of 10,691 contracts.
  • On 2 and 10 March 2020, the turnover and open interest of INR Currency Futures - INR/USD Futures reached a record high of 5,035 contracts and 2,025 contracts respectively.
  • On 18 March 2020, the open interest of Iron Ore Futures – Monthly Contracts reached a record high of 4,099 contracts.

 

 

Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)

Month-end figures

 

Mar 2020

Mar 2019

End of 2019

No. of listed companies

2,473

2,346

2,449

Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)

32,801.9

33,814.7

38,165.0

No. of newly listed companies *

15

19

25

No. of listed securities

14,678

14,382

12,795

No. of equity warrants

3

3

3

No. of derivatives warrants

5,747

6,724

4,571

No. of inline warrants

860

-

922

No. of CBBCs

4,013

3,899

3,298

No. of unit trusts

144

149

148

No. of debt securities

1,421

1,243

1,388

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

 

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

 

Mar 2020

Feb 2020

% Change

Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *

3,117,403

2,302,454

35%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *

141,700

115,123

23%

No. of trading days

22

20

-

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

 

Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM)

 

Mar 2020

($Mil)

Feb 2020

($Mil)

% Change

Equities

2,553,050.44

(81.9%)

1,731,371.16

(75.2%)

47.5%

 

Derivative warrants

146,093.87

(4.7%)

162,029.14

(7.0%)

-9.8%

 

CBBCs

200,450.67

(6.4%)

219,974.49

(9.6%)

-8.9%

 

Inline warrants

118.04

(0.0%)

60.47

(0.0%)

95.2%

 

Unit trusts

210,528.27

(6.8%)

185,478.67

(8.1%)

13.5%

 

( ) % 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 Mar 2020 was $ 35,721 million (1.1% of the securities market total turnover).

 

Mainland Enterprises (Main Board and GEM)

Month-end figures

 

Mar 2020

Mar 2019

End of 2019

No. of H shares

283

270

284

No. of Red chips Stocks

177

173

173

No. of Mainland private enterprises

799

728

784

Market capitalisation (% of market total)

75.5%

68.2%

73.2%

Turnover value (% of equity turnover)

81.2%

81.3%

79.0%

 

Index Performance

Month-end figures

 

Mar 2020

% Change
over 1 Month

% Change
over 12 Months

S&P/HKEX LargeCap Index

32,419.21

-7.8%

-12.6%

S&P/HKEX GEM Index

78.65

-8.5%

-39.7%

Hang Seng Index

23,603.48

-9.7%

-18.8%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index

9,594.77

-6.9%

-15.7%

Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*

3,592.11

-10.9%

-23.2%

CES China 120 Index ^

6,352.22

-4.8%

-5.6%

CESChina HK Mainland Index +

6,904.56

-6.9%

-12.9%

* - 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)

Mar 2020

Feb 2020

% Change

Total Futures

733,489

520,954

40.8%

Hang Seng Index Futures

235,272

207,255

13.5%

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

199,662

114,199

74.8%

HSI (Gross Total Return Index) Futures

1

2

-50.0%

HSI (Net Total Return Index) Futures

1

2

-50.0%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

236,449

161,972

46.0%

Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

37,243

17,745

109.9%

HSCEI (Gross Total Return Index) Futures

0

0

-

HSCEI (Net Total Return Index) Futures

0

0

-

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

232

83

179.5%

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

5,069

2,546

99.1%

HSI Volatility Index Futures

3

3

0.0%

MSCI AC Asia ex Japan NTR Index Futures

1,672

693

141.3%

CES China 120 Index Futures

1

2

-50.0%

Hang Seng Mainland Oil & Gas Index Futures

127

75

69.3%

Hang Seng Mainland Banks Index Futures

23

18

27.8%

Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index Futures

33

18

83.3%

IBOVESPA Futures

0

0

-

MICEX Index Futures

0

0

-

FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures

0

0

-

Stock Futures

5,646

4,989

13.2%

3-Month HIBOR Futures

7

0

-

1-Month HIBOR Futures

0

1

-100.0%

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures

9,494

7,986

18.9%

RMB Currency Futures - EUR/CNH Futures

2

2

0.0%

RMB Currency Futures - JPY/CNH Futures

3

3

0.0%

RMB Currency Futures - AUD/CNH Futures

8

5

60.0%

RMB Currency Futures - CNH/USD Futures

13

6

116.7%

INR Currency Futures - INR/USD Futures

1,223

1,003

21.9%

INR Currency Futures - INR/CNH Futures

0

0

-

USD Gold Futures

110

1,203

-90.9%

CNH Gold Futures

1

0

-

Iron Ore Futures – Monthly Contracts

717

494

45.1%

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

0

-

CNH London Tin Mini Futures

0

0

-

USD London Aluminium Mini Futures

147

106

38.7%

USD London Zinc Mini Futures

112

175

-36.0%

USD London Copper Mini Futures

167

294

-43.20%

USD London Lead Mini Futures

0

0

-

USD London Nickel Mini Futures

54

76

-28.9%

USD London Tin Mini Futures

0

0

-

Total Options

781,985

695,925

12.4%

Hang Seng Index Options

55,274

55,995

-1.3%

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

17,596

17,216

2.2%

Weekly Hang Seng Index Options

3,520

6,423

-45.2%

Flexible Hang Seng Index Options

0

0

-

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

132,698

94,618

40.2%

Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

2,856

2,613

9.3%

Weekly Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

1,288

2,312

-44.3%

Flexible Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

0

0

-

Stock Options

568,696

516,665

10.1%

RMB Currency Options - USD/CNH Options

58

85

-31.8%

Total Futures and Options

1,515,474

1,216,879

24.5%

 

Clearing and Settlement

CCASS Statistics (securities market)

Mar 2020
Feb 2020  % Change

Average daily number of exchange trades settled by CCASS

2,287,164

1,727,013

32.43%

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

126,367

104,167

21.31%

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

344

218

57.80%

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

99.76

99.90

N/A

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


75.14

57.59


75.11

56.53


N/A

N/A

DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)

Mar 2020 Feb 2020

% Change

Month-end Open Interest (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

605,490

629,712

-3.8%

– Stock Futures

17,964

28,213

-36.3%

– Interest Rates Futures

170

64

165.6%

– RMB Currency Futures

25,705

27,678

-7.1%

– INR Currency Futures

266

580

-54.1%

– Gold Futures

454

1,053

-56.9%

– Iron Ore Futures

3,148

2,635

19.5%

– London Metal Mini Futures

314

749

-58.1%

– Equity Index Options

3,026,868

2,883,100

5.0%

– Stock Options

8,420,294

9,329,148

-9.7%

– RMB Currency Options

2,708

3,123

-13.3%

 

Year-to-date Statistics

Securities Market

Mar 2020

YTD

Mar 2019

YTD

% Change

No. of newly listed companies #

39

43

-9.3%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^

120,944

101,054

19.7%

Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)

203,370

340,808

-40.3%

Average no. of trades per trading day

1,864,917

1,645,300

13.3%

Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)

14,091

21,189

-33.5%

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

93,427

45,124

107.0%

Derivatives Market

Mar 2020

YTD

Mar 2019

YTD

% Change

Average daily volume (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

556,993

484,364

15.0%

– Stock Futures

5,022

5,184

-3.1%

– Interest Rates Futures

3

0

-

– RMB Currency Futures

8,401

8,833

-4.9%

– INR Currency Futures

934

-

-

– Gold Futures

1,046

1,617

-35.3%

– Iron Ore Futures

475

55

763.6%

– London Metal Mini Futures

608

1

60700.0%

– Equity Index Options

187,356

159,348

17.6%

– Stock Options

537,310

528,062

1.8%

– RMB Currency Options

59

65

-9.2%

Clearing & Settlement

Mar 2020

YTD

Mar 2019

YTD

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,862,885

1,644,627

13.27%

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

112,469

101,072

11.28%

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

277

251

10.36%

# 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 March 2020

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

2020/01/17

39,777,043,764,701

2

2020/01/16

39,551,319,127,028

3

2020/01/20

39,488,778,510,620

4

2020/01/14

39,469,416,334,434

5

2020/01/13

39,463,243,881,100

6

2020/01/15

39,394,950,543,287

7

2020/01/10

39,021,167,900,526

8

2020/01/22

38,987,601,396,951

9

2020/01/09

38,879,245,130,409

10

2020/01/02

38,669,079,848,318

 

 

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

298,812

2020/03/19

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

56,378

2019/12/16

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