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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - August 2011

Date 06/09/2011

Highlights


Securities Market
 
  • The average daily turnover for the first eight months of 2011 was $73,492 million, an increase of 19 per cent when compared with $61,760 million for the same period last year. 
  • The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first eight months of 2011 was $11,729 million, an increase of 24 per cent when compared with $9,426 million for the same period last year.
Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first eight months of 2011 was 562,664 contracts, an increase of 31 per cent when compared with 428,867 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 9 August 2011, the turnover of futures and options reached a record high of 1,190,275 contracts.
Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
 
Aug 2011
Aug 2010
End 2010
No. of listed companies
 1,463
 1,356
 1,413
Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)
19,432
17,924
21,077
No. of newly listed companies *
1
5
113
No. of listed securities
7,279
6,815
7,900
No. of equity warrants
17
 27
 23
No. of derivatives warrants
4,876
4,191
5,148
No. of CBBC 
652
1,006
1,064
No. of unit trusts
87
75
79
No. of debt securities
180
157
169
 
 * Includes the number of transfers of listing from GEM to Main Board
  
Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)
 
Aug 2011
Jul 2011
Change
Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *
1,812,010
1,337,689
35%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *
78,783
66,884
18%
No. of trading days
23
20
-
 
* Turnover value for traded in non-HKD currency securities have been included start from 29 November 2010 
 
Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM) 
 
Aug 2011
($Mil)
Jul 2011
($Mil)
Change
Equities
1,308,568.38
(72.2%)
961,594.56
(71.9%)
36.1%
Derivative warrants
246,974.64
(13.6%)
210,805.07
(15.8%)
17.2%
CBBC 
184,287.25
(10.2%)
123,701.80
(9.2%)
49.0%
Debt securities
363.94 
(0.0%) 
(less than 0.1%)
159.22  
(0.0%) 
(less than 0.1%)
128.6%
 
( ) % of market total
Turnover value for traded in non-HKD currency securities have been included start from 29 November 2010
 
Mainland Enterprises (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
 
Aug 2011
Aug 2010
End 2010
No. of H shares
 164
158
163
No. of Red chips Stocks
103
 97
102
No. of NHMPE
350
293
327
Market capitalisation (% of market total)
55.4%
58.0%
56.6%
Turnover value (% of equity turnover)
65.8%
67.1%
68.0%
 
NHMPE = Non-H Share Mainland Private Enterprises
 
Index Performance
Month-end figures
Aug 2011
Change 
over 1 Month
Change 
over 12 Months
S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index
24451.72
-8.5%
1.5%
S&P/HKEx GEM Index
541.65
-16.6%
-27.2%
Hang Seng Index
20534.85
-8.5%
0.0%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#
10943.29
-11.6%
-4.0%
Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*
4021.52
-5.5%
0.8%
 
# - tracks H shares
* - tracks Red chips
 
Derivatives Market Turnover
 
Average Daily Volume (Contracts)
Aug 2011
Jul 2011
% Change
Total Futures
251,176
194,930
28.9%
Hang Seng Index Futures
113,082
88,147
28.3%
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
51,199
39,334
30.2%
H-shares Index Futures
74,419
57,988
28.3%
Mini H-shares Index Futures
10,077
7,614
32.3%
HSI Dividend Point Index Futures 1
31
5
520.0%
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures 2
111
233
-52.4%
Stock Futures
2,222
1,593
39.5%
3-Month HIBOR Futures
3
4
-25.0%
1-Month HIBOR Futures
0
2
-100.0%
3-Year Exchange Fund Note Futures
0
0
-
Gold Futures
31
11
181.8%
Total Options
468,209
331,236
41.4%
Hang Seng Index Options
53,965
44,151
22.2%
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
4,523
4,066
11.2%
Flexible Hang Seng Index Options 3
0
0
-
H-shares Index Options
17,275
15,144
14.1%
Flexible H-shares Index Options 4
0
20
-100.0%
Stock Options
392,446
267,856
46.5%
Total Futures and Options
719,386
526,166
36.7%
 
 
Trading in HSI Dividend Point Index Futures commenced on 01 Nov 2010
2 Trading in HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures commenced on 01 Nov 2010
Trading in Flexible Hang Seng Index Options commenced on 08 Feb 2010
4 Trading in Flexible H-shares Index Options commenced on 08 Feb 2010
 
Clearing and Settlement
CCASS Statistics (securities market) 
Aug 2011
Jul 2011
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
981,685 
794,642 
23.54% 
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
87,543 
82,056 
6.69% 
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
531 
425 
24.94% 
Average daily settlement efficiency of CNS stock positions on due day (T+2)
99.86
99.89
N/A
Shares deposited in the CCASS depository
    % of total issued shares 
    % of the total market capitalisation

71.37%
50.78%

70.34%
50.10%

N/A 
N/A
DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)
Aug 2011
Jul 2011
% Change
Month-end Open Interest (contracts)
    Equity Index Futures
239,005
244,588
-2.3%
    Stock Futures
20,567
21,512
-4.4%
    Interest Rates Futures
148
168
-11.9%
    Gold Futures
89
42
111.9%
    Equity Index Options
577,887
450,597
28.2%
    Stock Options
7,123,830
6,313,885
12.8%
 
 
Year-to-date Statistics
Securities Market
Aug 2011
YTD
Aug 2010
YTD
% Change
No. of newly listed companies # 
64
47
36%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^
73,492
61,760
19%
Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)
161,674
127,721
27%
Average no. of trades per trading day
871,230
730,763
19%
Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)
190,395
150,526
26%
Total funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.)*
350,176
307,650
14%
Derivatives Market
Aug 2011
YTD
Aug 2010
YTD
Change
Average daily volume (contracts)
– Equity Index Futures
195,956
169,938
15.3%
– Stock Futures
1,796
609
194.9%
– Interest Rates Futures
3
4
-25.0%
– Gold Futures
20
20
0.0%
– Equity Index Options
64,325
42,848
50.1%
– Stock Options
300,564
215,449
39.5%
Clearing & Settlement
Aug 2011
YTD
Aug 2010
YTD
Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
870,657
730,740
19.15%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
86,385
75,274
14.76%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
511
519
-1.54%
# Includes the number of transfers of listing from GEM to Main Board
^  Turnover value for traded in non-HKD currency securities have been included start from 29 November 2010
* Provisional figures only
 
Historical Records
up to 31 Aug 2011 
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
2007/10/03
210,505,533,155
2
2007/10/16
201,413,369,933
3
2007/10/12
195,962,197,177
4
2007/10/30
185,681,499,300
5
2007/10/11
179,409,273,541
6
2007/10/29
178,382,190,802
7
2007/10/15
174,984,449,067
8
2007/11/06
170,352,755,573
9
2007/10/18
169,121,203,305
10
2007/10/25
165,926,117,174
 
 
Top 10 Market Capitalisation
(Main Board and GEM)
Rank
Date
Market Capitalisation ($)
1
2007/10/30
23,196,977,098,941
2
2007/11/01
23,176,749,100,222
3
2007/10/29
23,070,544,404,276
4
2007/10/31
23,069,877,573,111
5
2007/11/02
22,518,847,046,433
6
2011/04/21
22,324,252,903,664
7
2010/11/08
22,297,367,476,072
8
2007/10/26
22,285,176,719,928
9
2011/04/08
22,235,055,909,162
10
2007/11/07
22,202,420,942,652
 
 
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
805,947
2008/03/27
8,825,259
2010/11/26
Hang Seng Index Futures
235,385
2011/08/09
198,789
2007/06/27
H-shares Index Futures
219,689
2008/10/28
163,863
2011/04/27
Hang Seng Index Options
116,835
2011/08/05
477,129
2010/12/29
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
86,812
2011/08/09
21,682
2011/06/17
H-shares Index Options
41,229
2009/12/11
344,647
2009/12/29
Stock Futures
27,966
2007/03/28
26,482
2011/08/25
Mini H-shares Index Futures
19,556
2011/08/09
6,030
2011/06/17
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
10,618
2011/08/05
22,086
2011/08/29
3-Month HIBOR Futures
10,514
2002/04/04
80,964
2001/11/15