HKEx Monthly Market Highlights

On 28 December 2006 , the Hang Seng Index reached a record closing high of 20001.91, ending trading above 20000 for the first time.
The Hong Kong securities market's total market capitalisation reached the all time high of $13,339,924 million on 28 December 2006 .
On 28 December 2006 , total daily turnover for all derivatives market products reached the all time high of 497,625 contracts.
On 22 December 2006 , total open interest for all derivatives market products was 4,009,731 contracts, exceeding 4 millions contracts for the first time. The all time high of 4,060,779 contracts was reached on 27 December 2006 .

Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures

	Dec 2006	Dec 2005	End 2005
No. of listed companies	1,173	1,135	1,135
Total market capitalisation ($Mil.)	13,337,706	8,179,937	8,179,937
No. of newly listed companies	16	13	67
No. of listed securities	3,383	2,649	2,649
No. of equity warrants	28	27	27
No. of derivatives warrants	1,959	1,304	1,304
No. of CBBC*	24	-	-
No. of unit trusts	15	13	13
No. of debt securities	180	166	166

* The first CBBC were listed on 12 June 2006

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

	Dec 2006	Nov 2006	% Change
Monthly turnover ($Mil.)	896,630	1,082,095	-17%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.)	47,191	49,186	-4%
No. of trading days	19	22	-

Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM)

( ) % of market total

Mainland Enterprises (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures

	Dec 2006	Dec 2005	End 2005
No. of H shares	141	120	120
No. of Red chips	90	89	89
No. of NHMPE	136	126	126
Market capitalisation (% of market total)	50.3%	39.0%	39.0%
Turnover value (% of equity turnover)	67.1%	51.3%	45.9%

NHMPE = Non-H Share Mainland Private Enterprises

Index Performance
Month-end figures

	Dec 2006	% Change over 1 Month	% Change YTD
S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index	24378.76	8.1%	43.2%
S&P/HKEx GEM Index	1224.67	2.8%	21.6%
Hang Seng Index	19964.72	5.3%	34.2%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#	10340.36	21.0%	94.0%
Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*	3330.06	8.0%	72.1%

# - tracks H shares
* - tracks Red chips

Derivatives Market Turnover

	Average Daily Volume (Contracts) #
	Dec 2006	Nov 2006	% Change
Total Futures	93,482	92,317	1.3%
Hang Seng Index Futures	54,993	57,438	-4.3%
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures	9,812	11,038	-11.1%
H-shares Index Futures	27,993	22,961	21.9%
FTSE/XinhuaChina 25 Index Future	48	26	84.6%
Stock Futures	597	821	-27.3%
3-Month HIBOR Futures	39	33	18.2%
1-Month HIBOR Futures	0	0	0.0%
3-Year Exchange Fund Note Futures	0	0	0.0%
Total Options	146,736	129,751	13.1%
Hang Seng Index Options	19,096	18,018	6.0%
Mini Hang Seng Index Options	206	330	-37.6%
H-shares Index Options	4,877	4,662	4.6%
FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Option	20	13	53.8%
Stock Options	122,537	106,728	14.8%
Total Futures and Options	240,218	222,068	8.2%

# Total average daily volume is the sum of the respective average daily volume of the individual products.

Clearing and Settlement

CCASS Statistics (securities market)	Dec 2006	Nov 2006	% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS	393,736	361,531	8.91%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS	45,758	44,244	3.42%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS	878	752	16.76%
Average daily settlement efficiency of CNS stock positions on due day (T+2)	99.61	99.62	N/A
Shares deposited in the CCASS depository - % of total issued shares - % of the total market capitalisation	58.79% 40.23%	58.51% 38.59%	N/A N/A
DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)	Dec 2006	Nov 2006	% Change
Month-end Open Interest (contracts)
- Equity Index Futures	185,262	198,268	-6.6%
- Stock Futures	4,260	5,203	-18.1%
- Interest Rates Futures	1,532	1,766	-13.3%
- Equity Index Options	303,988	358,383	-15.2%
- Stock Options	2,533,807	2,491,718	1.7%

Year-to-date Statistics

Securities Market	Dec 2006 YTD	Dec 2005 YTD	% Change
No. of newly listed companies	62	67	-7%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.)	33,912	18,301	85%
Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)	38,386	23,400	64%
Average no. of trades per trading day	259,421	149,620	73%
Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)	333,191	165,651	101%
Total funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.)*	505,935	301,701	68%
Derivatives Market	Dec 2006 YTD	Dec 2005 YTD	% Change
*Average daily volume (contracts)*
- Equity Index Futures	79,948	54,350	47.1%
- Stock Futures	413	53	679.2%
- Interest Rates Futures	57	107	-46.7%
- Equity Index Options	19,900	13,678	45.5%
- Stock Options	73,390	35,385	107.4%
Clearing & Settlement	Dec 2006 YTD	Dec 2005 YTD	% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS	259,417	149,617	73.39%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS	36,259	25,353	43.02%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS	586	349	67.91%

* Provisional figures only

Historical Records
up to 31 December 2006

Top 10 Hang Seng Index Closes

Top 10 Daily Market Turnover
(Main Board and GEM)

Top 10 Market Capitalisation
(Main Board and GEM)

Record High for Top-5 Derivatives Market Products (Based on Contract Volume)

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - December 2006