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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - February 2012

Date 06/03/2012

Highlights

- Securities Market
 
  • The average daily turnover for the first two months of 2012 was $62,507 million, a decrease of 16 per cent when compared with $73,990 million for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first two months of 2012 was $7,762 million, an increase of 32 per cent when compared with $5,896 million for the same period last year.
- Derivatives Market
 
  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first two months of 2012 was 488,780 contracts, a decrease of 6 per cent when compared with 518,618 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 17 February and 27 February 2012, the turnover and the open interest of H-shares Index Options reached a record high of 43,238 contracts and 385,104 contracts respectively.
  • On 29 February 2012, the open interest of HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures reached a record high of 49,135 contracts.
Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
Feb 2012
Feb 2011
End 2011
No. of listed companies
1,507
1,421
1,496
Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)
20,748
20,790
17,537
No. of newly listed companies *
3
1
101
No. of listed securities
7,036
8,202
6,723
No. of equity warrants
14
23
15
No. of derivatives warrants
4,096
5,514
4,027
No. of CBBC
1,100
988
901
No. of unit trusts
112
82
88
No. of debt securities
203
170
192
* Includes the number of transfers of listing from GEM to Main Board
 
Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)
 
Feb 2012
Jan 2012
% Change
Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *
1,436,658
1,001,131
44%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *
68,412
55,618
23%
No. of trading days
21
18
-
* 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) 
Feb 2012
($Mil)
Jan 2012
($Mil)
% Change
Equities
1,002,019.40
(69.7%)
710,289.25
(70.9%)
41.1%
Derivative warrants
206,461.55
(14.4%)
127,903.67
(12.8%)
61.4%
CBBC
175,188.28
(12.2%)
127,520.67
(12.7%)
37.4%
Debt securities
152.90
(0.0%)
(less than 0.1%)
136.02
(0.0%)
(less than 0.1%)
12.4%
( ) % 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
Feb 2012
Feb 2011
End 2011
No. of H shares
167
163
168
No. of Red chips Stocks
107
102
107
No. of NHMPE
371
331
365
Market capitalisation (% of market total)
55.1%
55.6%
55.5%
Turnover value (% of equity turnover)
68.2%
62.1%
66.0%
NHMPE = Non-H Share Mainland Private Enterprises
Index Performance
Month-end figures
Feb 2012
% Change
over 1 Month
% Change
over 12 Months
S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index
26248.74
6.2%
-5.9%
S&P/HKEx GEM Index
497.70
6.5%
-32.6%
Hang Seng Index
21680.08
6.3%
-7.1%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#
11826.76
4.7%
-5.4%
Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*
4217.80
7.8%
5.5%
 
# - tracks H shares
* - tracks Red chips
Derivatives Market Turnover
Average Daily Volume (Contracts)
Feb 2012
Jan 2012
% Change
Total Futures
199,617
173,734
14.9%
Hang Seng Index Futures
85,625
75,611
13.2%
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
39,643
32,713
21.2%
H-shares Index Futures
64,916
57,261
13.4%
Mini H-shares Index Futures
7,006
5,709
22.7%
HSI Dividend Point Index Futures
71
169
-58.0%
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
955
1,123
-15.0%
HSI Volatility Index Futures 1
9
-
-
Stock Futures
1,396
1,146
21.8%
3-Month HIBOR Futures
1
1
0.0%
1-Month HIBOR Futures
0
1
-100.0%
3-Year Exchange Fund Note Futures
0
0
-
Gold Futures
0
0
-
Total Options
285,514
319,304
-10.6%
Hang Seng Index Options
33,365
33,102
0.8%
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
3,554
3,349
6.1%
Flexible Hang Seng Index Options
0
0
-
H-shares Index Options
20,253
17,345
16.8%
Flexible H-shares Index Options
62
0
-
Stock Options
228,280
265,509
-14.0%
Total Futures and Options
485,131
493,038
-1.6%
 
1 Trading in Volatility Index Futures commenced on 20 Feb 2012
 
Clearing and Settlement
CCASS Statistics (securities market)
Feb 2012
Jan 2012
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
940,742
793,097
18.62%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
84,540
74,583
13.35%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
385
333
15.62%
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

70.37%
50.50%

70.13%
50.33%

N/A
N/A
DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)
Feb 2012
Jan 2012
% Change
Month-end Open Interest (contracts)
– Equity Index Futures
289,847
263,343
10.1%
– Stock Futures
14,930
12,243
21.9%
– Interest Rates Futures
49
59
-16.9%
– Gold Futures
0
0
-
– Equity Index Options
662,192
497,148
33.2%
– Stock Options
6,844,363
6,327,820
8.2%
 
Year-to-date Statistics
Securities Market
Feb 2012
YTD
Feb 2011
YTD
% Change
No. of newly listed companies # 
14
10
40%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^
62,507
73,990
-16%
Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)
162,691
164,318
-1%
Average no. of trades per trading day
872,909
805,360
8%
Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)
3,491
2,313
51%
Total funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.)*
16,807
31,702
-47%
Derivatives Market
Feb 2012
YTD
Feb 2011
YTD
% Change
Average daily volume (contracts)
– Equity Index Futures
186,389
175,575
6.2%
– Stock Futures
1,281
1,669
-23.2%
– Interest Rates Futures
1
3
-66.7%
– Gold Futures
-
28
-
– Equity Index Options
55,647
57,576
-3.4%
– Stock Options
245,462
283,768
-13.5%
Clearing & Settlement
Feb 2012
YTD
Feb 2011
YTD
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
872,598
805,316
8.35%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
79,944
85,829
-6.86%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
361
521
-30.71%
 
 
# 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 29 February 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
483,835
2011/09/28
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
86,812
2011/08/09
21,682
2011/06/17
H-shares Index Options
43,238
2012/02/17
385,104
2012/02/27
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
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
15,000
2011/09/14
49,135
2012/02/29
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
10,618
2011/08/05
22,086
2011/08/29