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
Month-end figures
| 
 Feb 2012 
 | 
 Feb 2011 
 | 
 End 2011 
 | 
|
| 
 No. of listed companies 
 | 
 1,507 
 | 
 1,421 
 | 
 1,496 
 | 
| 
 Total market capitalisation ($Bil.) 
 | 
 20,748 
 | 
 20,790 
 | 
 17,537 
 | 
| 
 No. of newly listed companies * 
 | 
 3 
 | 
 1 
 | 
 101 
 | 
| 
 No. of listed securities 
 | 
 7,036 
 | 
 8,202 
 | 
 6,723 
 | 
| 
 No. of equity warrants 
 | 
 14 
 | 
 23 
 | 
 15 
 | 
| 
 No. of derivatives warrants 
 | 
 4,096 
 | 
 5,514 
 | 
 4,027 
 | 
| 
 No. of CBBC 
 | 
 1,100 
 | 
 988 
 | 
 901 
 | 
| 
 No. of unit trusts 
 | 
 112 
 | 
 82 
 | 
 88 
 | 
| 
 No. of debt securities 
 | 
 203 
 | 
 170 
 | 
 192 
 | 
* Includes the number of transfers of listing from GEM to Main Board
| 
 | 
 Feb 2012 
 | 
 Jan 2012 
 | 
 % Change  
 | 
| 
 Monthly turnover ($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
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
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
* - 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) ($Mil.)* 
 | 
 16,807 
 | 
 31,702 
 | 
 -47% 
 | 
| 
 Derivatives Market 
 | 
 Feb 2012 
YTD  | 
 Feb 2011 
YTD  | 
 % Change 
 | 
| 
 Average daily volume (contracts) 
 | 
|||
| 
 – Equity Index Futures 
 | 
 186,389 
 | 
 175,575 
 | 
 6.2% 
 | 
| 
 – Stock Futures 
 | 
 1,281 
 | 
 1,669 
 | 
 -23.2% 
 | 
| 
 – Interest Rates Futures 
 | 
 1 
 | 
 3 
 | 
 -66.7% 
 | 
| 
 – Gold Futures 
 | 
 - 
 | 
 28 
 | 
 - 
 | 
| 
 – Equity Index Options 
 | 
 55,647 
 | 
 57,576 
 | 
 -3.4% 
 | 
| 
 – Stock Options 
 | 
 245,462 
 | 
 283,768 
 | 
 -13.5% 
 | 
| 
 Clearing & Settlement 
 | 
 Feb 2012 
YTD  | 
 Feb 2011 
YTD  | 
 % Change 
 | 
| 
 Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS 
 | 
 872,598 
 | 
 805,316 
 | 
 8.35% 
 | 
| 
 Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS 
 | 
 79,944 
 | 
 85,829 
 | 
 -6.86% 
 | 
| 
 Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS 
 | 
 361 
 | 
 521 
 | 
 -30.71% 
 | 
# Includes the number of transfers of listing from GEM to Main Board
^ Turnover value for traded in non-HKD currency securities have been included start from 29 November 2010
* Provisional figures only
^ Turnover value for traded in non-HKD currency securities have been included start from 29 November 2010
* Provisional figures only
Historical Records
up to 29 February 2012
up to 29 February 2012
Top 10 Hang Seng Index Closes 
| 
 Rank 
 | 
 Date 
 | 
 Close 
 | 
| 
 1 
 | 
 2007/10/30 
 | 
 31638.22 
 | 
| 
 2 
 | 
 2007/10/29 
 | 
 31586.90 
 | 
| 
 3 
 | 
 2007/11/01 
 | 
 31492.88 
 | 
| 
 4 
 | 
 2007/10/31 
 | 
 31352.58 
 | 
| 
 5 
 | 
 2007/11/02 
 | 
 30468.34 
 | 
| 
 6 
 | 
 2007/10/26 
 | 
 30405.22 
 | 
| 
 7 
 | 
 2007/10/25 
 | 
 29854.49 
 | 
| 
 8 
 | 
 2007/11/07 
 | 
 29708.93 
 | 
| 
 9 
 | 
 2007/12/06 
 | 
 29558.92 
 | 
| 
 10 
 | 
 2007/10/15 
 | 
 29540.78 
 | 
Top 10 Daily Market Turnover
(Main Board and GEM)
(Main Board and GEM)
| 
 Rank 
 | 
 Date 
 | 
 Turnover ($) 
 | 
| 
 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)
(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 
 |