Highlights
- Securities Market
- Market capitalisation was $33.1 trillion at the end of August 2023.
- The average daily turnover in August 2023 and for the first eight months of 2023 was $101.8 billion and $112.0 billion respectively.
- The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first eight months of 2023 was $12.2 billion, an increase of 30 per cent when compared with $9.4 billion for the same period last year.
- The average daily turnover of L&I Products for the first eight months of 2023 was $2.3 billion, an increase of 15 per cent when compared with $2.0 billion for the same period last year.
- Derivatives Market
- The average daily volume of futures and options for the first eight months of 2023 was 1,371,770 contracts, an increase of 9 per cent when compared with the 1,253,149 contracts for the same period last year.
- The average daily volume of equity index futures for the first eight months of 2023 was 567,562 contracts, an increase of 6 per cent when compared with the 536,486 contracts for the same period last year.
- The average daily volume of equity index options for the first eight months of 2023 was 144,982 contracts, an increase of 34 per cent when compared with the 108,183 contracts for the same period last year.
- The average daily volume of Stock Options for the first eight months of 2023 was 625,679 contracts, an increase of 8 per cent when compared with the 578,225 contracts for the same period last year.
- The average daily volume of RMB Currency Futures for the first eight months of 2023 was 25,909 contracts, an increase of 47 per cent when compared with the 17,591 contracts for the same period last year.
- On 8 August 2023, the volume of Hang Seng TECH Index Futures Options reached a record high of 7,940 contracts.
- On 4 August 2023, the volume of RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures reached a record high of 83,522 contracts.
Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
|
Aug 2023 |
Aug 2022 |
End 2022 |
---|---|---|---|
No. of listed companies |
2,600 |
2,577 |
2,597 |
Total market capitalisation ($Bil.) |
33,136.2 |
35,590.7 |
35,666.8 |
No. of newly listed companies * |
0 |
5 |
90 |
No. of listed securities |
14,141 |
16,625 |
15,274 |
No. of SPAC shares |
5 |
3 |
5 |
No. of equity warrants (excluding SPAC warrants) |
1 |
3 |
2 |
No. of SPAC warrants |
5 |
3 |
5 |
No. of derivatives warrants |
5,819 |
7,678 |
6,731 |
No. of inline warrants |
4 |
42 |
28 |
No. of CBBCs |
3,890 |
4,343 |
3,979 |
No. of unit trusts |
187 |
178 |
191 |
No. of debt securities |
1,629 |
1,789 |
1,735 |
* Includes the number of transfer of listings from GEM to Main Board
Number of Newly Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)
|
Aug 2023 |
Aug 2022 |
2022 |
---|---|---|---|
Derivatives warrants |
767 |
1,067 |
11,874 |
CBBCs |
2,161 |
2,388 |
35,017 |
Unit trusts |
1 |
1 |
29 |
Debt securities |
16 |
37 |
368 |
Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)
|
Aug 2023 |
Jul 2023 |
% Change |
---|---|---|---|
Monthly turnover ($Mil.) * |
2,341,618 |
2,045,965 |
14.5% |
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) * |
101,809 |
102,298 |
-0.5% |
No. of trading days |
23 |
20 |
- |
* Turnover value for securities traded in non-Hong Kong dollar currency have been included
Stock Connect Summary
|
Aug 2023 |
Jul 2023 |
% Change |
---|---|---|---|
Total Northbound average daily turnover by value (RMB Mil) (For ETF and Stocks) |
108,492 |
108,632 |
-0.1% |
Total Southbound average daily turnover by value ($ Mil) (For ETF and Stocks) |
28,951 |
28,930 |
0.1% |
No. of Northbound trading days |
23 |
20 |
- |
No. of Southbound trading days |
23 |
20 |
- |
Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM)
|
Aug 2023 ($Mil) |
Jul 2023 ($Mil) |
% Change |
---|---|---|---|
Equities |
1,713,538.82 (73.2%) |
1,429,923.22 (69.9%) |
19.8% |
Derivative warrants |
151,854.22 (6.5%) |
122,751.44 (6.0%) |
23.7% |
CBBCs |
134,522.90 (5.7%) |
113,681.05 (5.6%) |
18.3% |
Inline warrants |
0.24 (0.0%) |
0.19 (0.0%) |
26.3% |
Unit trusts (include ETFs) |
331,351.41 (14.2%) |
369,641.30 (18.1%) |
-10.4% |
( ) % of market total
Turnover value for securities traded in non-Hong Kong dollar currency have been included
Average Daily Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM)
|
Aug 2023 ($Mil) |
Jul 2023 ($Mil) |
% Change |
---|---|---|---|
Equities |
74,501.69 |
71,496.16 |
4.2% |
Derivative warrants |
6,602.36 |
6,137.57 |
7.6% |
CBBCs |
5,848.82 |
5,684.05 |
2.9% |
Inline warrants |
0.01 |
0.01 |
7.7% |
Unit trusts (include ETFs) |
14,406.58 |
18,482.07 |
-22.1% |
Others |
450.00 |
498.39 |
-9.7% |
Total |
101,809.47 |
102,298.25 |
-0.5% |
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 Aug 2023 was $27,649 million (1.2% of the securities market total turnover).
Mainland Enterprises (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
|
Aug 2023 |
Aug 2022 |
End 2022 |
---|---|---|---|
No. of H shares |
322 |
305 |
316 |
No. of Red chips Stocks |
176 |
174 |
174 |
No. of Mainland private enterprises |
932 |
904 |
919 |
Market capitalisation (% of market total) |
77.4% |
77.5% |
76.9% |
Turnover value (% of equity turnover) |
86.0% |
87.9% |
87.3% |
Index Performance
Month-end figures
|
Aug 2023 |
% Change |
% Change |
---|---|---|---|
S&P/HKEX LargeCap Index |
27065.46 |
-8.0% |
-6.3% |
S&P/HKEX GEM Index |
26.52 |
-10.4% |
-32.0% |
Hang Seng Index |
18382.06 |
-8.5% |
-7.9% |
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index |
6332.42 |
-8.2% |
-7.8% |
Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index* |
3597.54 |
-6.4% |
-2.9% |
CES China 120 Index ^ |
5551.49 |
-6.3% |
-5.1% |
CESChina HK Mainland Index + |
5129.82 |
-8.3% |
-9.8% |
* - 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)* |
||
---|---|---|---|
Aug 2023 |
Jul 2023 |
% Change |
|
Total Futures |
667,520 |
606,586 |
10.0% |
Hang Seng Index Futures |
148,798 |
138,481 |
7.5% |
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures |
101,887 |
86,805 |
17.4% |
HSI (Gross Total Return Index) Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
HSI (Net Total Return Index) Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures |
191,191 |
187,295 |
2.1% |
Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures |
10,730 |
9,401 |
14.1% |
HSCEI (Gross Total Return Index) Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
HSCEI (Net Total Return Index) Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
HSI Dividend Point Index Futures |
7 |
0 |
- |
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures |
537 |
598 |
-10.2% |
HSI Volatility Index Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
Hang Seng TECH Index Futures |
123,325 |
111,633 |
10.5% |
MSCI AC Asia ex Japan NTR Index Futures |
27 |
42 |
-35.7% |
MSCI Australia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
MSCI China A 50 Connect (USD) Index Futures |
13,786 |
9,507 |
45.0% |
MSCI China (USD) Index Futures |
0 |
2 |
-100.0% |
MSCI China Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures |
95 |
156 |
-39.1% |
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 |
3 |
4 |
-25.0% |
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 |
0 |
0 |
- |
MSCI Emerging Markets Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
MSCI Hong Kong Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures |
37 |
27 |
37.0% |
MSCI India (USD) Index Futures |
2,232 |
2,804 |
-20.4% |
MSCI India Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures |
1 |
0 |
- |
MSCI Indonesia (USD) Index Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
MSCI Indonesia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures |
11 |
12 |
-8.3% |
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 |
0 |
0 |
- |
MSCI Malaysia (USD) Index Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
MSCI Malaysia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures |
6 |
3 |
100.0% |
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 |
86 |
-100.0% |
MSCI Philippines Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures |
0 |
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 |
6,037 |
5,722 |
5.5% |
MSCI Taiwan 25/50 (USD) Index Futures |
10 |
8 |
25.0% |
MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
MSCI Taiwan Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures |
30 |
8 |
275.0% |
MSCI Thailand (USD) Index Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
MSCI Thailand Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures |
210 |
9 |
2233.3% |
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 Banks Index Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
Stock Futures |
7,252 |
7,486 |
-3.1% |
3-Month HIBOR Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
1-Month HIBOR Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures |
58,390 |
42,757 |
36.6% |
RMB Currency Futures - Mini USD/CNH Futures |
2,363 |
3,339 |
-29.2% |
RMB Currency Futures - EUR/CNH Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
RMB Currency Futures - JPY/CNH Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
RMB Currency Futures - AUD/CNH Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
RMB Currency Futures - CNH/USD Futures |
5 |
2 |
150.0% |
INR Currency Futures - INR/USD Futures |
550 |
399 |
37.8% |
INR Currency Futures - INR/CNH Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
USD Gold Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
CNH Gold Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
USD Silver Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
CNH Silver Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
Iron Ore Futures – Monthly Contracts |
0 |
0 |
- |
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 |
0 |
0 |
- |
USD London Zinc Mini Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
USD London Copper Mini Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
USD London Lead Mini Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
USD London Nickel Mini Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
USD London Tin Mini Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
Total Options |
728,804 |
759,722 |
-4.1% |
Hang Seng Index Options |
25,356 |
23,837 |
6.4% |
Mini Hang Seng Index Options |
12,925 |
11,027 |
17.2% |
Weekly Hang Seng Index Options |
14,411 |
11,256 |
28.0% |
Flexible Hang Seng Index Options |
0 |
0 |
- |
Hang Seng Index Futures Options |
3,306 |
2,598 |
27.3% |
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options |
41,493 |
35,386 |
17.3% |
Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options |
4,694 |
4,466 |
5.1% |
Weekly Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options |
2,009 |
1,913 |
5.0% |
Flexible Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options |
0 |
0 |
- |
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures Options |
36,065 |
32,214 |
12.0% |
Hang Seng TECH Index Options |
3,636 |
2,999 |
21.2% |
Hang Seng TECH Index Futures Options |
1,627 |
1,394 |
16.7% |
MSCI Taiwan (USD) Index Options |
0 |
0 |
- |
Stock Options |
583,267 |
632,620 |
-7.8% |
RMB Currency Options - USD/CNH Options |
15 |
12 |
25.0% |
Total Futures and Options |
1,396,324 |
1,366,308 |
2.2% |
* Total average daily volume is the sum of the respective average volume of the individual products
Note:
- Number of trading days for Aug 2023 and Jul 2023 are 23 days (without holiday trading day) and 21 days (without holiday trading day) respectively
- For list of holiday trading products, please see link here.
Clearing and Settlement
CCASS Statistics (securities market) |
Aug 2023 |
Jul 2023 |
% Change |
---|---|---|---|
Average daily number of exchange trades settled by CCASS |
1,887,788 |
1,774,626 |
6.38% |
Average daily number of settlement instructions (“SIs”) settled by CCASS |
96,031 |
91,723 |
4.70% |
Average daily number of investor SIs (“ISIs”) settled by CCASS |
145 |
124 |
16.94% |
Average daily settlement efficiency of CNS stock positions on due day (T+2) |
99.93 |
99.91 |
N/A |
Average daily value of SIs settled by CCASS ($ Mil) |
215,527.90 |
203,903.07 |
5.70% |
Shares deposited in the CCASS depository – % of total issued shares – % of the total market capitalisation |
75.12 63.17 |
75.24 63.47 |
N/A N/A |
DCASS Statistics (derivatives market) |
Aug 2023 |
Jul 2023 |
% Change |
Month-end Open Interest (contracts) |
|
|
|
– Equity Index Futures |
1,093,874 |
1,157,266 |
-5.5% |
– Stock Futures |
30,038 |
32,832 |
-8.5% |
– Interest Rates Futures |
65 |
65 |
0.0% |
– RMB Currency Futures |
30,695 |
25,621 |
19.8% |
– INR Currency Futures |
101 |
177 |
-42.9% |
– Gold Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
– Silver Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
– Iron Ore Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
– London Metal Mini Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
– Equity Index Options |
2,746,663 |
2,531,333 |
8.5% |
– Stock Options |
10,643,140 |
9,919,252 |
7.3% |
– RMB Currency Options |
762 |
590 |
29.2% |
Year-to-date Statistics
Securities Market |
Aug 2023 YTD |
Aug 2022 YTD |
% Change |
---|---|---|---|
No. of newly listed companies # |
39 |
48 |
-18.8% |
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^ |
111,977 |
128,145 |
-12.6% |
Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares) |
203,430 |
247,028 |
-17.6% |
Average no. of trades per trading day |
1,984,866 |
2,149,145 |
-7.6% |
Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)* |
20,851 |
58,394 |
-64.3% |
Total equity funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.) (Main + GEM)** |
89,017 |
168,509 |
-47.2% |
Derivatives Market |
Aug 2023 YTD |
Aug 2022 YTD |
% Change |
Average daily volume (contracts) |
|
|
|
– Equity Index Futures |
567,562 |
536,486 |
5.8% |
– Stock Futures |
6,961 |
8,467 |
-17.8% |
– Interest Rates Futures |
3 |
1 |
200.0% |
– RMB Currency Futures |
25,909 |
17,591 |
47.3% |
– INR Currency Futures |
655 |
1,040 |
-37.0% |
– Gold Futures |
2 |
1,588 |
-99.9% |
– Silver Futures |
0 |
9 |
-100.0% |
– Iron Ore Futures |
0 |
34 |
-100.0% |
– London Metal Mini Futures |
0 |
1,497 |
-100.0% |
– Equity Index Options |
144,982 |
108,183 |
34.0% |
– Stock Options |
625,679 |
578,225 |
8.2% |
– RMB Currency Options |
17 |
28 |
-39.3% |
Clearing & Settlement |
Aug 2023 YTD |
Aug 2022 YTD |
% Change |
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS |
1,985,868 |
2,147,991 |
-7.55% |
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS |
101,779 |
114,560 |
-11.16% |
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS |
148 |
218 |
-32.11% |
# Includes the number of transfer of listings from GEM to Main Board
^ Turnover value for traded in non-HKD currency securities have been included
* Includes fund raised by initial offering by way of subscription, sales and placing
** Provisional figures only
Historical Records
up to 31 Aug 2023
Top 10 Hang Seng Index Closes
Rank |
Date |
Close |
---|---|---|
1 |
2018/01/26 |
33154.12 |
2 |
2018/01/29 |
32966.89 |
3 |
2018/01/24 |
32958.69 |
4 |
2018/01/23 |
32930.70 |
5 |
2018/01/31 |
32887.27 |
6 |
2018/01/25 |
32654.45 |
7 |
2018/02/01 |
32642.09 |
8 |
2018/01/30 |
32607.29 |
9 |
2018/02/02 |
32601.78 |
10 |
2018/01/22 |
32393.41 |
Top 10 Daily Market Turnover
(Main Board and GEM)
Rank |
Date |
Turnover ($) |
---|---|---|
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 |
2022/03/16 |
309,913,857,581 |
5 |
2021/02/22 |
303,594,716,032 |
6 |
2021/01/19 |
302,507,509,559 |
7 |
2021/01/20 |
301,244,822,148 |
8 |
2022/03/17 |
301,106,198,997 |
9 |
2015/04/09 |
293,910,756,648 |
10 |
2021/01/25 |
288,079,469,553 |
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 |
651,086 |
2023/04/25 |
758,877 |
2022/12/28 |
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 |
Hang Seng TECH Index Futures |
348,993 |
2023/04/24 |
257,389 |
2023/03/28 |
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures |
298,812 |
2020/03/19 |
32,394 |
2023/08/29 |
Hang Seng Index Options |
140,628 |
2021/01/11 |
594,941 |
2017/11/28 |
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures Options |
103,353 |
2023/07/31 |
1,207,462 |
2023/06/15 |
RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures |
83,522 |
2023/08/04 |
46,711 |
2017/01/04 |
Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures |
76,471 |
2018/02/06 |
16,436 |
2014/12/11 |