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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - December 2015

Date 07/01/2016

Highlights

- Securities Market

  • Market capitalisation was $24.7 trillion at the end of 2015, representing a year-on-year decrease of 2 per cent.
  • The Hang Seng Index ended 2015 at 21914.4, representing a year-on-year decrease of 7 per cent.
  • The average daily turnover in 2015 was $105.6 billion, an increase of 52 per cent when compared with $69.5 billion in 2014.
  • The average daily turnover of ETFs in 2015 was $8.8 billion, an increase of 87 per cent when compared with $4.7 billion in 2014.
  • The average daily turnover of derivative warrants in 2015 was $18.2 billion, an increase of 119 per cent when compared with $8.3 billion in 2014.
  • The average daily turnover of CBBCs in 2015 was $7.4 billion, an increase of 48 per cent when compared with $5.0 billion in 2014.
  • There were 138* newly listed companies in 2015, a record high, and an increase of 13 per cent when compared with the 122* in 2014.
  • Funds raised through IPOs in 2015 was $261.3 billion, an increase of 12 per cent when compared with $232.5 billion in 2014.
  • Total funds raised in 2015 was $1,109.0 billion, an increase of 18 per cent when compared with $942.7 billion in 2014.

 

- Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options in 2015 was 768,520 contracts, an increase of 33 per cent when compared with the 576,676 contracts in 2014.
  • The average daily turnover of equity index futures in 2015 was 293,178 contacts, an increase of 46 per cent when compared with the 201,367 contacts in 2014.
  • The average daily turnover of equity index options in 2015 was 96,756 contacts, an increase of 36 per cent when compared with the 70,915 contacts in 2014.
  • The average daily turnover of stock options in 2015 was 374,346 contracts, an increase of 24 per cent when compared with the 301,797 contracts in 2014.
  • On 29 December 2015, the open interest of H-shares Index Futures reached a record high of 519,817 contracts.
  • On 30 December 2015, the open interest of HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures reached a record high of 101,430 contracts.

* Includes any transfers of listing from GEM to Main Board

 

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

 

Dec 2015

Dec 2014

End 2014

No. of listed companies

 1,866

1,752

 1,752

Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)

24,683.7

25,071.8

25,071.8

No. of newly listed companies *

25

17

122

No. of listed securities

9,015

9,060

9,060

No. of equity warrants

13

10

10

No. of derivatives warrants

4,590

4,938

4,938

No. of CBBCs

1,630

1,579

1,579

No. of unit trusts

145

134

134

No. of debt securities

762

640

640

* Includes the number of transfer of listings from GEM to Main Board

 

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

 

Dec 2015

Nov 2015

% Change

Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *

1,356,846

1,580,228

-14.1%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *

61,675

75,249

-18.0%

No. of trading days

22

21

-

* Turnover value for securities traded in non-Hong Kong dollar currency have been included

 

Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM) 

 

Dec 2015
($Mil)

Nov 2015
($Mil)

% Change

Equities

883,510.76
(65.1%)

1,015,360.46
(64.3%)

-13.0%

Derivative warrants

232,974.46
(17.2%)

275,492.37
(17.4%)

-15.4%

CBBCs

143,309.22
(10.6%)

169,293.26
(10.7%)

-15.3%

Unit Trusts
(include ETFs)

96,676.70
(7.1%)

119,681.76
(7.6%)

-19.2%

( ) % 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 December 2015 was $17,736 million (1.3% of the securities market total turnover).

 

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

 

Dec 2015

Dec 2014

End 2014

No. of H shares

 229

202

202

No. of Red chips Stocks

145

 133

133

No. of Mainland private enterprises

 577

541

541

Market capitalisation (% of market total)

62.1%

60.1%

60.1%

Turnover value (% of equity turnover)

74.4%

79.1%

70.7%

 

Index Performance
Month-end figures

 

Dec 2015

% Change 
over 1 Month

% Change 
over 12 Months

S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index

27007.12

-0.4%

-5.9%

S&P/HKEx GEM Index

476.79

-1.7%

-0.2%

Hang Seng Index

21914.40

-0.4%

-7.2%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#

9661.03

-1.3%

-19.4%

Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*

4052.12

0.1%

-6.8%

CES China 120 Index ^

5044.06

3.6%

-2.6%

CES China HK Mainland Index +

5418.21

-0.9%

-8.5%

# - 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

 

Average Daily Volume (Contracts)

Dec 2015

Nov 2015

% Change

Total Futures

300,861

320,258

-6.1%

Hang Seng Index Futures

111,020

126,662

-12.3%

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

36,910

43,256

-14.7%

H-shares Index Futures

125,873

124,165

1.4%

Mini H-shares Index Futures

21,696

22,472

-3.5%

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

0

5

-100.0%

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

826

736

12.2%

HSI Volatility Index Futures

0

1

-100.0%

CES China 120 Index Futures

3

3

0.0%

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

2,234

1,629

37.1%

3-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

1-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures 

2,071

1,044

98.4%

London Aluminium Mini Futures

28

105

-73.3%

London Zinc Mini Futures

108

125

-13.6%

London Copper Mini Futures

85

55

54.5%

London Lead Mini Futures1

0

-

-

London Nickel Mini Futures2

12

-

-

London Tin Mini Futures3

0

-

-

Total Options

309,954

340,623

-9.0%

Hang Seng Index Options

26,833

26,542

1.1%

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

3,158

4,178

-24.4%

Flexible Hang Seng Index Options

136

38

257.9%

H-shares Index Options

63,634

60,619

5.0%

Flexible H-shares Index Options

66

71

-7.0%

Stock Options

216,126

249,174

-13.3%

Total Futures and Options

610,815

660,881

-7.6%

1 Trading in London Lead Mini Futures commenced on 14 Dec 2015
2 Trading in London Nickel Mini Futures commenced on 14 Dec 2015
3  Trading in London Tin Mini Futures commenced on 14 Dec 2015

 

Clearing and Settlement

CCASS Statistics (securities market)

Dec 2015

Nov 2015

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

996,153

1,116,411

-10.77%

Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS

89,188

85,449

4.38%

Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS

264

247

6.88%

Average daily settlement efficiency of CNS stock positions on due day (T+2)

99.93

99.93

N/A

Shares deposited in the CCASS depository
  –  % of total issued shares 
  –  % of the total market capitalisation


74.50
56.58


73.09
56.34


N/A 
N/A

DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)

Dec 2015

Nov 2015

% Change

Month-end Open Interest (contracts)

 

 

 

–  Equity Index Futures

573,542

576,535

-0.5%

–  Stock Futures

20,088

21,683

-7.4%

–  Interest Rates Futures

0

0

-

–  RMB Currency Futures

23,046

14,804

55.7%

–  London Metal Mini Futures

350

547

-36.0%

–  Equity Index Options

1,822,276

2,710,161

-32.8%

–  Stock Options

4,827,678

6,930,891

-30.3%

 

Year-to-date Statistics

Securities Market

Dec 2015
YTD

Dec 2014
YTD

% Change

No. of newly listed companies #

138

122

13.1%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^

105,630

69,456

52.1%

Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)

217,384

138,812

56.6%

Average no. of trades per trading day

1,440,280

1,062,500

35.6%

Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)

261,328

232,517

12.4%

Total funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.)*

1,108,991

942,717

17.6%

Derivatives Market

Dec 2015
YTD

Dec 2014
YTD

% Change

Average daily volume (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

293,178

201,367

45.6%

– Stock Futures

2,951

1,731

70.5%

– Interest Rates Futures

0

0

-

– RMB Currency Futures

1,062

830

28.0%

– Gold Futures ~

0

0

-

– London Metal Mini Futures +

226

419

46.1%

– Equity Index Options

96,756

70,915

36.4%

– Stock Options

374,346

301,797

24.0%

Clearing & Settlement

Dec 2015 YTD

Dec 2014
YTD

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,396,636

1,059,850

31.78%

Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS

100,829

88,601

13.80%

Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS

442

393

12.47%

# 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 Gold Futures suspended with effect from 27 May 2015
+ Trading in London Metal Mini Futures commenced on 01 Dec 2014

 

Historical Records
up to 31 December 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

2015/07/08

237,429,139,110

6

2015/04/10

222,888,834,174

7

2015/04/15

218,018,391,899

8

2015/04/17

215,953,404,099

9

2015/07/06

214,812,393,078

10

2015/07/09

213,825,663,405

 

Top 10 Market Capitalisation
(Main Board and GEM)

Rank

Date

Market Capitalisation ($)

1

2015/05/26

31,549,926,214,937

2

2015/05/27

31,365,605,931,773

3

2015/05/04

31,230,244,838,810

4

2015/04/27

31,207,701,541,939

5

2015/04/28

31,201,357,832,733

6

2015/04/29

31,147,874,933,908

7

2015/05/22

31,110,175,634,968

8

2015/05/19

31,108,059,908,400

9

2015/06/01

31,107,316,498,262

10

2015/04/30

30,995,152,430,547

 

 

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

1,221,324

2015/04/13

11,159,128

2015/05/27

H-shares Index Futures

467,559

2015/08/26

519,817

2015/12/29

Hang Seng Index Futures

271,426

2013/06/25

198,789

2007/06/27

H-shares Index Options

188,957

2015/09/04

2,618,350

2015/09/25

Hang Seng Index Options

116,835

2011/08/05

560,087

2012/06/27

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

94,001

2015/08/25

21,682

2011/06/17

Mini H-shares Index Futures

74,511

2015/07/08

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

101,430

2015/12/30

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

13,917

2012/05/18

32,651

2012/05/2