Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 07/10/2021

Highlights

- Securities Market

  • Market capitalisation was $44.2 trillion at the end of September 2021, an increase of 6 per cent from $41.6 trillion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover for the first nine months of 2021 was $180.3 billion, an increase of 43 per cent when compared with $125.7 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first nine months of 2021 was $11.6 billion, an increase of 27 per cent when compared with $9.1 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first nine months of 2021 was $6.7 billion, an increase of 31 per cent when compared with $5.1 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of Debt Securities for the first nine months of 2021 was $0.40 billion, an increase of 60 per cent when compared with $0.25 billion for the same period last year.
  • Funds raised through IPOs for the first nine months of 2021 was $285.5 billion, an increase of 32 per cent when compared with $215.9 billion for the same period last year.
  • Total funds raised for the first nine months of 2021 was $603.9 billion, an increase of 26 per cent when compared with $479.2 billion for the same period last year.

 

- Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first nine months of 2021 was 1,211,903 contracts, an increase of 4 per cent when compared with the 1,167,216 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of Stock Options for the first nine months of 2021 was 680,526 contracts, an increase of 30 per cent when compared with the 522,834 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of Stock Futures for the first nine months of 2021 was 10,759 contracts, an increase of 138 per cent when compared with the 4,519 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of RMB Currency Futures for the first nine months of 2021 was 9,391 contracts, an increase of 34 per cent when compared with the 7,032 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 21 September 2021, the open interest of Mini Hang Seng Index Futures reached a record high of 24,300 contracts.
  • On 27 September 2021, the open interest of Hang Seng TECH Index Futures reached a record high of 43,373 contracts.
  • On 28 September 2021, the open interest of Hang Seng TECH Index Options reached a record high of 22,152 contracts.
  • On 13 and 17 September 2021, the turnover and open interest of MSCI China Free Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures reached a record high of 13,653 contracts and 17,249 contracts respectively.
  • On 15 and 17 September 2021, the turnover and open interest of MSCI Japan Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures reached a record high of 30,260 contracts and 17,793 contracts respectively.

 

Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)

Month-end figures

 

Sep 2021

Sep 2020

End 2020

No. of listed companies

2,559

2,518

2,538

Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)

44,185.4

41,638.1

47,523.0

No. of newly listed companies *

4

13

154

No. of listed securities

18,765

17,006

17,041

No. of equity warrants

4

3

1

No. of derivatives warrants

9,437

7,135

7,507

No. of inline warrants

170

717

507

No. of CBBCs

4,674

4,940

4,739

No. of unit trusts

170

158

159

No. of debt securities

1,735

1,518

1,574

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

 

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

 

Sep 2021

Aug 2021

% Change

Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *

3,205,042

3,505,523

-8.6%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *

152,621

159,342

-4.2%

No. of trading days

21

22

-

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

 

Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM)

 

Sep 2021

($Mil)

Aug 2021

($Mil)

% Change

Equities

2,631,242.07
(82.1%)

2,930,958.73
(83.6%)

-10.2%

Derivative warrants

199,900.57

(6.2%)

206,838.21

(5.9%)

-3.4%

CBBCs

162,191.24

(5.1%)

168,053.66

(4.8%)

-3.5%

Inline warrants

206.34

(0.0%)

105.58

(0.0%)

95.4%

Unit trusts

(include ETFs)

203,338.17
(6.3%)

190,762.56
(5.4%)

6.6%

 ( ) % 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 Sep 2021 was $42,133 million (1.3% of the securities market total turnover).

 

Mainland Enterprises (Main Board and GEM)

Month-end figures

 

Sep 2021

Sep 2020

End 2020

No. of H shares

289

287

291

No. of Red chips Stocks

175

177

176

No. of Mainland private enterprises

887

832

852

Market capitalisation (% of market total)

80.0%

80.4%

80.1%

Turnover value (% of equity turnover)

87.2%

85.3%

84.7%

 

Index Performance

Month-end figures

 

Sep 2021

% Change
over 1 Month

% Change
over 12 Months

S&P/HKEX LargeCap Index

35668.15

-5.8%

-5.2%

S&P/HKEX GEM Index

79.08

-9.9%

-24.2%

Hang Seng Index

24575.64

-5.0%

4.8%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index

8726.38

-5.0%

-7.1%

Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*

3956.32

1.1%

10.2%

CES China 120 Index ^

7099.71

0.5%

-5.0%

CESChina HK Mainland Index +

7472.83

-4.8%

-5.7%

* - 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)

Sep 2021

Aug 2021

% Change

Total Futures

465,893

426,474

9.2%

Hang Seng Index Futures

142,336

132,085

7.8%

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

110,404

103,640

6.5%

HSI (Gross Total Return Index) Futures

0

0

-

HSI (Net Total Return Index) Futures

0

0

-

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

143,755

124,953

15.0%

Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

13,731

13,479

1.9%

HSCEI (Gross Total Return Index) Futures

0

0

-

HSCEI (Net Total Return Index) Futures

0

0

-

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

0

16

-100.0%

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

333

1,306

-74.5%

HSI Volatility Index Futures

0

0

-

Hang Seng TECH Index Futures

21,782

23,759

-8.3%

MSCI AC Asia ex Japan NTR Index Futures

65

9

622.2%

MSCI Australia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI China Free (USD) Index Futures

2

16

-87.5%

MSCI China Free Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

1,447

118

1126.3%

MSCI EM Asia ex China Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI EM Asia ex Korea Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI EM Asia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

16

4

300.0%

MSCI EM EMEA Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI EM ex China Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI EM ex Korea Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI EM LatAm Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Emerging Markets (USD) Index Futures

1

0

-

MSCI Emerging Markets Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

10

4

150.0%

MSCI Hong Kong Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

33

35

-5.7%

MSCI India (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI India Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

48

4

1100.0%

MSCI Indonesia (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Indonesia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

46

722

-93.6%

MSCI Japan (JPY) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Japan Net Total Return (JPY) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Japan Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

1,450

0

-

MSCI Malaysia (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Malaysia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

41

0

-

MSCI New Zealand Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Pacific ex Japan Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Pacific Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Philippines (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Philippines Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

128

0

-

MSCI Singapore Free (SGD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Singapore Free Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Singapore Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Taiwan (USD) Index Futures

6,021

4,197

43.5%

MSCI Taiwan 25/50 (USD) Index Futures

21

23

-8.7%

MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Taiwan Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

658

193

240.9%

MSCI Thailand (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Thailand Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

33

336

-90.2%

MSCI Vietnam (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

MSCI Vietnam Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures

0

0

-

CES China 120 Index Futures

0

0

-

Hang Seng Mainland Oil & Gas Index Futures

0

0

-

Hang Seng Mainland Banks Index Futures

0

0

-

Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index Futures

0

0

-

IBOVESPA Futures

0

0

-

MICEX Index Futures

0

0

-

FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures

0

0

-

Stock Futures

9,414

9,819

-4.1%

3-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

1-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures

6,374

5,741

11.0%

RMB Currency Futures - Mini USD/CNH Futures

3,167

2,817

12.4%

RMB Currency Futures - EUR/CNH Futures

4

2

100.0%

RMB Currency Futures - JPY/CNH Futures

0

1

-100.0%

RMB Currency Futures - AUD/CNH Futures

0

0

-

RMB Currency Futures - CNH/USD Futures

4

0

-

INR Currency Futures - INR/USD Futures

1,269

794

59.8%

INR Currency Futures - INR/CNH Futures

0

0

-

USD Gold Futures

217

175

24.0%

CNH Gold Futures

0

0

-

USD Silver Futures

4

5

-20.0%

CNH Silver Futures

0

0

-

Iron Ore Futures – Monthly Contracts

4

17

-76.5%

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

1,295

800

61.9%

USD London Zinc Mini Futures

684

527

29.8%

USD London Copper Mini Futures

1,094

877

24.7%

USD London Lead Mini Futures

0

0

-

USD London Nickel Mini Futures

3

1

200.0%

USD London Tin Mini Futures

0

0

-

Total Options

763,325

725,008

5.3%

Hang Seng Index Options

25,383

22,360

13.5%

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

11,867

10,525

12.8%

Weekly Hang Seng Index Options

10,835

8,541

26.9%

Flexible Hang Seng Index Options

0

0

-

Hang Seng Index Futures Options *

41

12

241.7%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

54,534

38,416

42.0%

Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

2,213

1,615

37.0%

Weekly Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

2,139

1,531

39.7%

Flexible Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

0

0

-

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures Options *

468

171

173.7%

Hang Seng TECH Index Options

702

1,032

-32.0%

MSCI China Free (USD) Index Options

0

0

-

MSCI Taiwan (USD) Index Options

0

1

-100.0%

Stock Options

655,118

640,919

2.2%

RMB Currency Options - USD/CNH Options

25

11

127.3%

Total Futures and Options

1,229,219

1,151,482

6.8%

* Trading commenced on 23 August 2021

 

Clearing and Settlement

CCASS Statistics (securities market)

Sep 2021

Aug 2021

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades settled by CCASS

2,310,127

2,334,737

-1.05%

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

128,128

119,665

7.07%

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

261

237

10.13%

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

99.92

99.93

N/A

Shares deposited in the CCASS depository

– % of total issued shares

– % of the total market capitalisation


75.47

63.90


77.09

63.43


N/A

N/A

DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)

Sep 2021

Aug 2021

% Change

Month-end Open Interest (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

704,895

691,979

1.9%

– Stock Futures

35,126

38,922

-9.8%

– Interest Rates Futures

0

0

-

– RMB Currency Futures

20,639

27,490

-24.9%

– INR Currency Futures

570

211

170.1%

– Gold Futures

317

237

33.8%

– Silver Futures

0

0

-

– Iron Ore Futures

410

513

-20.1%

– London Metal Mini Futures

2,027

1,825

11.1%

– Equity Index Options

1,667,828

1,810,347

-7.9%

– Stock Options

9,885,624

11,601,420

-14.8%

– RMB Currency Options

2,009

2,436

-17.5%

 

Year-to-date Statistics

Securities Market

Sep 2021

YTD

Sep 2020

YTD

% Change

No. of newly listed companies #

73

104

-29.8%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^

180,259

125,716

43.4%

Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)

253,631

219,831

15.4%

Average no. of trades per trading day

2,482,264

1,935,162

28.3%

Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)

285,480

215,902

32.2%

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

603,911

479,170

26.0%

Derivatives Market

Sep 2021

YTD

Sep 2020

YTD

% Change

Average daily volume (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

409,790

476,533

-14.0%

– Stock Futures

10,759

4,519

138.1%

– Interest Rates Futures

0

2

-100.0%

– RMB Currency Futures

9,391

7,032

33.5%

– INR Currency Futures

1,028

763

34.7%

– Gold Futures

81

362

-77.6%

– Silver Futures

5

12

-58.3%

– Iron Ore Futures

19

442

-95.7%

– London Metal Mini Futures

1,536

674

127.9%

– Equity Index Options

98,745

154,008

-35.9%

– Stock Options

680,526

522,834

30.2%

– RMB Currency Options

24

41

-41.5%

Clearing & Settlement

Sep 2021

YTD

Sep 2020

YTD

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

2,480,488

1,933,520

28.29%

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

130,295

112,032

16.30%

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

293

281

4.27%

# 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 30 September 2021

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

2021/07/27

361,238,455,648

2

2021/02/24

354,330,826,815

3

2021/02/26

321,313,602,377

4

2021/02/22

303,594,716,032

5

2021/01/19

302,507,509,559

6

2021/01/20

301,244,822,148

7

2015/04/09

293,910,756,648

8

2021/01/25

288,079,469,553

9

2018/03/23

284,101,947,853

10

2021/02/18

284,013,143,876

 

Top 10 Market Capitalisation

(Main Board and GEM)

Rank

Date

Market Capitalisation ($)

1

2021/02/17

58,672,185,510,043

2

2021/02/16

57,829,770,591,111

3

2021/02/19

57,502,986,918,920

4

2021/02/18

57,470,114,718,778

5

2021/02/11

56,844,960,338,845

6

2021/02/10

56,495,679,850,172

7

2021/02/22

56,276,247,080,503

8

2021/02/23

56,194,869,034,753

9

2021/02/09

55,171,603,385,082

10

2021/02/25

55,137,617,193,968

 

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

1,545,227

2020/07/06

15,625,280

2021/03/29

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

545,816

2021/07/27

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

389,483

2021/01/11

3,749,790

2018/11/28

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

298,812

2020/03/19

24,300

2021/09/21

Hang Seng Index Options

140,628

2021/01/11

594,941

2017/11/28

Hang Seng TECH Index Futures

77,480

2021/07/27

43,373

2021/09/27

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

MSCI Taiwan (USD) Index Futures

42,363

2020/11/24

65,267

2020/10/29