Highlights
- Securities Market
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The average daily turnover for the first four months of 2015 was $113,423 million, an increase of 68 per cent when compared with $67,607 million for the same period last year.
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The average daily turnover for April 2015 reached a record single-month high of $200,097 million.
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The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first four months of 2015 was $17,225 million, an increase of 145 per cent when compared with $7,043 million for the same period last year
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The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first four months of 2015 was $10,311 million, an increase of 278 per cent when compared with $2,730 million for the same period last year.
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On 27 April 2015, market capitalisation exceeded $31,000 billion for the first time and reached $31,207.7 billion.
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Funds raised through IPOs for the first four months of 2014 was $55,255 million, an increase of 16 per cent when compared with $47,742 million for the same period last year.
- Derivatives Market
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The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first four months of 2015 was 798,461 contracts, an increase of 44 per cent when compared with the 553,098 contracts for the same period last year.
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On 13 April 2015, the turnover of futures and options reached a record high of 1,725,327 contracts.
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On 13 and 28 April 2015, the turnover and open interest of stock options reached record highs of 1,221,324 and 11,057,474 contracts respectively.
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On 17 April 2015, the turnover of after-hours futures trading reached a record high of 79,586 contracts.
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On 20 April 2015, the turnover of Mini H-shares Index Futures reached a record high of 60,341 contracts.
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On 28 April 2015, the open interest of H-shares Index Futures reached a record high of 429,773 contracts.
Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
|
Apr 2015 |
Apr 2014 |
End 2014 |
No. of listed companies |
1,780 |
1,667 |
1,752 |
Total market capitalisation ($Bil.) |
30,995.2 |
22,881.5 |
25,071.8 |
No. of newly listed companies * |
5 |
2 |
122 |
No. of listed securities |
10,095 |
9,331 |
9,060 |
No. of equity warrants |
14 |
7 |
10 |
No. of derivatives warrants |
5,470 |
5,263 |
4,938 |
No. of CBBCs |
2,007 |
1,782 |
1,579 |
No. of unit trusts |
139 |
131 |
134 |
No. of debt securities |
678 |
477 |
640 |
* Includes the number of transfer of listings from GEM to Main Board
Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)
|
Apr 2015 |
Mar 2015 |
% Change |
Monthly turnover ($Mil.) * |
3,801,844 |
1,984,477 |
91.6% |
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) * |
200,097 |
90,203 |
121.8% |
No. of trading days |
19 |
22 |
- |
* Turnover value for securities traded in non-Hong Kong dollar currency have been included
Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM)
|
Apr 2015 |
Mar 2015 |
% Change |
Equities |
2,868,337.58 |
1,346,566.62 |
113.0% |
Derivative warrants |
480,416.48 |
322,484.55 |
49.0% |
CBBCs |
151,810.33 |
125,163.78 |
21.3% |
Unit Trusts |
299,656.94 |
189,581.60 |
58.1% |
( ) % 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 March 2015 was $35,762 million (0.9 % of the securities market total turnover).
Mainland Enterprises (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
|
Apr 2015 |
Apr 2014 |
End 2014 |
No. of H shares |
207 |
187 |
202 |
No. of Red chips Stocks |
143 |
129 |
133 |
No. of Mainland private enterprises |
546 |
502 |
541 |
Market capitalisation (% of market total) |
62.4% |
55.8% |
60.1% |
Turnover value (% of equity turnover) |
76.0% |
70.2% |
70.7% |
Index Performance
Month-end figures
|
Apr 2015 |
% Change |
% Change |
S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index |
34250.36 |
12.8% |
28.5% |
S&P/HKEx GEM Index |
690.89 |
36.9% |
42.3% |
Hang Seng Index |
28133.00 |
13.0% |
27.1% |
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index# |
14431.11 |
16.9% |
47.6% |
Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index* |
5554.67 |
19.5% |
33.3% |
CES China 120 Index ^ |
6529.70 |
17.1% |
75.4% |
CES China HK Mainland Index + |
7334.97 |
15.0% |
41.6% |
# - tracks H shares
* - 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
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Average Daily Volume (Contracts) |
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Apr 2015 |
Mar 2015 |
% Change |
|
Total Futures |
357,424 |
236,412 |
51.2% |
Hang Seng Index Futures |
89,959 |
63,097 |
42.6% |
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures |
45,063 |
28,490 |
58.2% |
H-shares Index Futures |
175,756 |
112,901 |
55.7% |
Mini H-shares Index Futures |
38,883 |
25,295 |
53.7% |
HSI Dividend Point Index Futures |
42 |
51 |
-17.6% |
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures |
215 |
2,459 |
-91.3% |
HSI Volatility Index Futures |
5 |
1 |
400.0% |
CES China 120 Index Futures |
245 |
65 |
276.9% |
IBOVESPA Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
MICEX Index Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
S&P BSE Sensex Index Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
Stock Futures |
6,228 |
2,858 |
117.9% |
3-Month HIBOR Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
1-Month HIBOR Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
3-Year Exchange Fund Note Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures |
787 |
994 |
-20.8% |
Gold Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
London Aluminium Mini Futures |
32 |
33 |
-3.0% |
London Zinc Mini Futures |
54 |
36 |
50.0% |
London Copper Mini Futures |
155 |
131 |
18.3% |
Total Options |
844,864 |
427,572 |
97.6% |
Hang Seng Index Options |
44,956 |
29,882 |
50.4% |
Mini Hang Seng Index Options |
5,634 |
3,748 |
50.3% |
Flexible Hang Seng Index Options |
0 |
9 |
-100.0% |
H-shares Index Options |
67,894 |
41,714 |
62.8% |
Flexible H-shares Index Options |
566 |
61 |
827.9% |
Stock Options |
725,814 |
352,158 |
106.1% |
Total Futures and Options |
1,202,287 |
663,984 |
81.1% |
Clearing and Settlement
CCASS Statistics (securities market) |
Apr 2015 |
Mar 2015 |
% Change |
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS |
2,167,106 |
1,260,976 |
71.86% |
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS |
133,284 |
91,675 |
45.39% |
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS |
1,022 |
390 |
162.05% |
Average daily settlement efficiency of CNS stock positions on due day (T+2) |
99.88 |
99.93 |
N/A |
Shares deposited in the CCASS depository |
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DCASS Statistics (derivatives market) |
Apr 2015 |
Mar 2015 |
% Change |
Month-end Open Interest (contracts) |
|
|
|
– Equity Index Futures |
554,838 |
490,485 |
13.1% |
– Stock Futures |
29,282 |
17,347 |
68.8% |
– Interest Rates Futures |
35 |
35 |
0.0% |
– RMB Currency Futures |
10,219 |
12,949 |
-21.1% |
– Gold Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
– London Metal Mini Futures |
678 |
576 |
17.7% |
– Equity Index Options |
1,678,225 |
1,335,842 |
25.6% |
– Stock Options |
8,938,132 |
6,545,827 |
36.5% |
Year-to-date Statistics
Securities Market |
Apr 2015 |
Apr 2014 |
% Change |
No. of newly listed companies # |
33 |
27 |
22.2% |
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^ |
113,423 |
67,607 |
67.8% |
Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares) |
193,081 |
135,059 |
43.0% |
Average no. of trades per trading day |
1,464,966 |
1,104,111 |
32.7% |
Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.) |
55,255 |
47,742 |
15.7% |
Total funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.)* |
141,786 |
141,442 |
0.2% |
Derivatives Market |
Apr 2015 |
Apr 2014 |
% Change |
Average daily volume (contracts) |
|
|
|
– Equity Index Futures |
260,282 |
201,589 |
29.1% |
– Stock Futures |
3,587 |
1,630 |
120.1% |
– Interest Rates Futures |
1 |
0 |
- |
– RMB Currency Futures |
916 |
1,068 |
-14.3% |
– Gold Futures |
0 |
0 |
- |
– London Metal Mini Futures + |
287 |
- |
- |
– Equity Index Options |
83,974 |
70,089 |
19.8% |
– Stock Options |
449,414 |
278,722 |
61.2% |
Clearing & Settlement |
Apr 2015 |
Apr 2014 |
% Change |
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS |
1,416,266 |
1,103,422 |
28.35% |
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS |
100,593 |
90,027 |
11.74% |
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS |
550 |
403 |
36.48% |
# 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
+ Trading in London Metal Mini Futures commenced on 01 Dec 2014
Historical Records
up to 30 April 2015
Top 10 Hang Seng Index Closes
Rank |
Date |
Close |
1 |
2007/10/30 |
31638.22 |
2 |
2007/10/29 |
31586.90 |
3 |
2007/11/01 |
31492.88 |
4 |
2007/10/31 |
31352.58 |
5 |
2007/11/02 |
30468.34 |
6 |
2007/10/26 |
30405.22 |
7 |
2007/10/25 |
29854.49 |
8 |
2007/11/07 |
29708.93 |
9 |
2007/12/06 |
29558.92 |
10 |
2007/10/15 |
29540.78 |
Top 10 Daily Market Turnover
(Main Board and GEM)
Rank |
Date |
Turnover ($) |
1 |
2015/04/09 |
293,910,756,648 |
2 |
2015/04/13 |
266,098,632,854 |
3 |
2015/04/08 |
252,396,050,844 |
4 |
2015/04/14 |
239,903,336,931 |
5 |
2015/04/10 |
222,888,834,174 |
6 |
2015/04/15 |
218,018,391,899 |
7 |
2015/04/17 |
215,953,404,099 |
8 |
2015/04/20 |
212,447,724,665 |
9 |
2007/10/03 |
210,505,533,155 |
10 |
2007/10/16 |
201,413,369,933 |
Top 10 Market Capitalisation
(Main Board and GEM)
Rank |
Date |
Market Capitalisation ($) |
1 |
2015/04/27 |
31,207,701,541,939 |
2 |
2015/04/28 |
31,201,357,832,733 |
3 |
2015/04/29 |
31,147,874,933,908 |
4 |
2015/04/30 |
30,995,152,430,547 |
5 |
2015/04/24 |
30,736,279,547,053 |
6 |
2015/04/22 |
30,571,222,249,556 |
7 |
2015/04/23 |
30,557,196,401,093 |
8 |
2015/04/13 |
30,546,059,888,718 |
9 |
2015/04/21 |
30,256,536,370,899 |
10 |
2015/04/16 |
30,246,334,469,650 |
Record High for Top-10 Derivatives Market Products (Based on Contract Volume)
Product |
Record High Daily Volume |
Record High Open Interest |
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Contracts |
Date |
Contracts |
Date |
Stock Options |
1,221,324 |
2015/04/13 |
11,057,474 |
2015/04/28 |
H-shares Index Futures |
389,031 |
2013/06/25 |
429,773 |
2015/04/28 |
Hang Seng Index Futures |
271,426 |
2013/06/25 |
198,789 |
2007/06/27 |
Hang Seng Index Options |
116,835 |
2011/08/05 |
560,087 |
2012/06/27 |
H-shares Index Options |
115,258 |
2014/12/05 |
1,560,676 |
2014/12/29 |
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures |
86,812 |
2011/08/09 |
21,682 |
2011/06/17 |
Mini H-shares Index Futures |
60,341 |
2015/04/20 |
16,436 |
2014/12/11 |
Stock Futures |
27,966 |
2007/03/28 |
47,050 |
2013/03/27 |
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures |
20,802 |
2012/05/24 |
95,673 |
2013/11/19 |
Mini Hang Seng Index Options |
13,917 |
2012/05/18 |
32,651 |
2012/05/29 |