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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - August 2012

Date 06/09/2012

Highlights
- Securities Market
  • The average daily turnover for the first eight months of 2012 was $53,235 million, a decrease of 28 per cent when compared with $73,492 million for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first eight months of 2012 was $6,712 million, an increase of 10 per cent when compared with $6,103 million for the same period last year.
 
- Derivatives Market
 
  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first eight months of 2012 was 482,297 contracts, a decrease of 14 per cent when compared with 562,664 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 31 August 2012, the open interest of HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures reached a record high of 69,396 contracts.
Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
Aug 2012
Aug 2011
End 2011
No. of listed companies
1,533
1,463
1,496
Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)
18,511
19,432
17,537
No. of newly listed companies *
2
1
101
No. of listed securities
6,836
7,279
6,723
No. of equity warrants
13
17
15
No. of derivatives warrants
3,871
4,876
4,027
No. of CBBC
1,066
652
901
No. of unit trusts
106
87
88
No. of debt securities
243
180
192
* Includes the number of transfers of listing from GEM to Main Board
Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)
Aug 2012
Jul 2012
% Change
Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *
1,007,537
912,538
10%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *
43,806
43,454
1%
No. of trading days
23
21
-
* 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 2012
($Mil)
Jul 2012
($Mil)
% Change
Equities
710,119.84
(70.5%)
639,386.97
(70.1%)
11.1%
Derivative warrants
128,214.29
(12.7%)
106,292.75
(11.6%)
20.6%
CBBC
129,718.46
(12.9%)
134,823.93
(14.8%)
-3.8%
Debt securities
223.32
(0.0%)
(less than 0.1%)
363.34
(0.0%)
(less than 0.1%)
-38.5%
( ) % 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 2012
Aug 2011
End 2011
No. of H shares
171
164
168
No. of Red chips Stocks
108
103
107
No. of Mainland private enterprises
431*
350
365
Market capitalisation (% of market total)
56.6%
55.4%
55.5%
Turnover value (% of equity turnover)
67.1%
65.8%
66.0%
* Revised methodology for classification of listed companies took effect from 1 January 2012 (Mainland private enterprises were classified as Non-H Share Mainland Private Enterprises, or NHMPE before revision).
 
Index Performance
Month-end figures
Aug 2012
% Change
over 1 Month
% Change
over 12 Months
S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index
23274.05
-2.3%
-4.8%
S&P/HKEx GEM Index
351.32
-3.4%
-35.1%
Hang Seng Index
19482.57
-1.6%
-5.1%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#
9280.25
-4.1%
-15.2%
Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*
3815.99
-0.8%
-5.1%
 
# - tracks H shares
* - tracks Red chips
Derivatives Market Turnover
Average Daily Volume (Contracts)
Aug 2012
Jul 2012
% Change
Total Futures
160,988
188,383
-14.5%
Hang Seng Index Futures
70,633
82,001
-13.9%
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
31,176
35,619
-12.5%
H-shares Index Futures
51,620
63,370
-18.5%
Mini H-shares Index Futures
4,667
5,855
-20.3%
HSI Dividend Point Index Futures
283
25
1032.0%
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
1,650
409
303.4%
HSI Volatility Index Futures 1
7
4
75.0%
IBOVESPA Futures 2
0
0
-
MICEX Index Futures 3
0
0
-
Sensex Index Futures 4
0
1
-100.0%
FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures 5
0
0
-
Stock Futures
953
1,100
-13.4%
3-Month HIBOR Futures
0
0
-
1-Month HIBOR Futures
0
0
-
3-Year Exchange Fund Note Futures
0
0
-
Gold Futures
0
0
-
Total Options
261,380
270,885
-3.5%
Hang Seng Index Options
30,421
38,761
-21.5%
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
4,491
4,953
-9.3%
Flexible Hang Seng Index Options
87
0
-
H-shares Index Options
20,416
22,066
-7.5%
Flexible H-shares Index Options
61
20
205.0%
Stock Options
205,904
205,086
0.4%
Total Futures and Options
422,368
459,268
-8.0%
 
1 Trading in HSI Volatility Index Futures commenced on 20 Feb 2012
2 Trading in IBOVESPA Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
3 Trading in MICEX Index Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
4 Trading in Sensex Index Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
5 Trading in FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
Clearing and Settlement
CCASS Statistics (securities market)
Aug 2012
Jul 2012
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
646,258
658,832
-1.91%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
63,688
64,538
-1.32%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
299
281
6.41%
Average daily settlement efficiency of CNS stock positions on due day (T+2)
99.91
99.90
N/A
Shares deposited in the CCASS depository
– % of total issued shares
– % of the total market capitalisation

70.16%
50.15%

70.26%
49.90%

N/A
N/A
DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)
Aug 2012
Jul 2012
% Change
Month-end Open Interest (contracts)
– Equity Index Futures
319,142
299,348
6.6%
– Stock Futures
15,403
12,035
28.0%
– Interest Rates Futures
65
65
0.0%
– Gold Futures
0
0
-
– Equity Index Options
940,643
803,968
17.0%
– Stock Options
5,937,367
5,327,743
11.4%
 
Year-to-date Statistics
Securities Market
Aug 2012
YTD
Aug 2011
YTD
% Change
No. of newly listed companies # 
49
64
-23%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^
53,235
73,492
-28%
Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)
142,923
161,674
-12%
Average no. of trades per trading day
766,350
871,230
-12%
Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)
44,652
190,395
-77%
Total funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.)*
186,429
350,842
-47%
Derivatives Market
Aug 2012
YTD
Aug 2011
YTD
% Change
Average daily volume (contracts)
– Equity Index Futures
190,246
195,956
-2.9%
– Stock Futures
1,109
1,796
-38.3%
– Interest Rates Futures
1
3
-66.7%
– Gold Futures
-
20
-
– Equity Index Options
66,008
64,325
2.6%
– Stock Options
224,933
300,564
-25.2%
Clearing & Settlement
Aug 2012
YTD
Aug 2011
YTD
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
766,030
870,657
-12.02%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
72,216
86,385
-16.40%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
327
511
-36.01%
 
# 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 August 2012 
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
9,218,955
2011/11/28
Hang Seng Index Futures
235,385
2011/08/09
198,789
2007/06/27
H-shares Index Futures
220,600
2011/09/27
177,892
2011/09/28
Hang Seng Index Options
116,835
2011/08/05
560,087
2012/06/27
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
86,812
2011/08/09
21,682
2011/06/17
H-shares Index Options
47,645
2012/05/17
565,194
2012/06/27
Stock Futures
27,966
2007/03/28
26,482
2011/08/25
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
20,802
2012/05/24
69,396
2012/08/31
Mini H-shares Index Futures
19,556
2011/08/09
6,684
2012/04/24
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
13,917
2012/05/18
32,651
2012/05/29