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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - February 2016

Date 04/03/2016

Highlights

Securities Market

  • The average daily turnover for the first two months of 2016 was $74.4 billion, a decrease of 12 per cent when compared with $84.3 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first two months of 2016 was $17.1 billion, an increase of 16 per cent when compared with $14.7 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first two months of 2016 was $6.8 billion, an increase of 5 per cent when compared with $6.5 billion for the same period last year.
  • Funds raised through IPOs for the first two months of 2016 was $4.7 billion, an increase of 74 per cent when compared with $2.7 billion for the same period last year.

Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first two months of 2016 was 841,367 contracts, an increase of 24 per cent when compared with the 677,583 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of equity index futures for the first two months of 2016 was 398,405 contacts, an increase of 72 per cent when compared with the 232,242 contacts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of equity index options for the first two months of 2016 was 135,984 contacts, an increase of 90 per cent when compared with the 71,714 contacts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of RMB Currency Futures for the first two months of 2016 was 3,486 contracts, an increase of 273 per cent when compared with the 934 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 5 February 2016, the open interest of RMB Currency Futures reached a record high of 32,009 contracts.
  • On 29 February 2016, the open interest of HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures reached a record high of 135,108 contracts.

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

 

Feb 2016

Feb 2015

End 2015

No. of listed companies

 1,874

1,766

 1,866

Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)

21,486.9

26,239.1

24,683.7

No. of newly listed companies *

2

4

138

No. of listed securities

8,877

9,318

9,015

No. of equity warrants

14

12

13

No. of derivatives warrants

4,469

5,026

4,590

No. of CBBCs

1,590

1,708

1,630

No. of unit trusts

150

138

145

No. of debt securities

771

661

762

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

 

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

 

Feb 2016

Jan 2016

% Change

Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *

1,181,247

1,644,625

-28.2%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *

65,625

82,231

20.2%

No. of trading days

18

20

-

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

 

Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM) 

 

Feb 2016
($Mil)

Jan 2016
($Mil)

% Change

Equities

697,560.38
(59.1%)

999,306.01
(60.8%)

-30.2%

Derivative warrants

300,877.49
(25.5%)

350,382.60
(21.3%)

-14.1%

CBBCs

98,654.08
(8.4%)

161,263.45
(9.8%)

-38.8%

Unit Trusts
(include ETFs)

83,697.87
(7.1%)

133,201.72
(8.1%)

-37.2%

( ) % 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 February 2016 was $15,906 million (1.3% of the securities market total turnover).

 

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

 

Feb 2016

Feb 2015

End 2015

No. of H shares

 229

204

229

No. of Red chips Stocks

151

 143

145

No. of Mainland private enterprises

 577

544

577

Market capitalisation (% of market total)

61.6%

60.9%

62.1%

Turnover value (% of equity turnover)

67.8%

70.9%

72.7%

  

Index Performance
Month-end figures

 

Feb 2016

% Change 
over 1 Month

% Change 
over 12 Months

S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index

23539.73

-3.5%

-22.1%

S&P/HKEx GEM Index

418.60

0.2%

-14.1%

Hang Seng Index

19111.93

-2.9%

-23.0%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#

7916.34

-3.9%

-35.0%

Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*

3412.80

-1.7%

-26.7%

CES China 120 Index ^

4215.06

-2.4%

-20.0%

CES China HK Mainland Index +

4685.23

-3.3%

-25.9%

# - 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)

Feb 2016

Jan 2016

% Change

Total Futures

356,765

445,949

-20.0%

Hang Seng Index Futures

130,426

165,987

-21.4%

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

50,224

60,390

-16.8%

H-shares Index Futures

144,766

177,999

-18.7%

Mini H-shares Index Futures

22,463

32,267

-30.4%

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

162

13

1,146.2%

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

3,830

3,622

5.7%

HSI Volatility Index Futures

0

1

-100.0%

CES China 120 Index Futures

2

4

-50.0%

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

1,118

2,323

-51.9%

3-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

1-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures 

3,733

3,264

14.4%

London Aluminium Mini Futures

6

7

-14.3%

London Zinc Mini Futures

18

52

-65.4%

London Copper Mini Futures

13

18

-27.8%

London Lead Mini Futures

0

0

-

London Nickel Mini Futures

1

3

-66.7%

London Tin Mini Futures

0

0

-

Total Options

373,178

495,699

-24.7%

Hang Seng Index Options

34,834

45,831

-24.0%

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

4,686

5,628

-16.7%

Flexible Hang Seng Index Options

0

0

-

H-shares Index Options

79,956

99,198

-19.4%

Flexible H-shares Index Options

206

0

-

Stock Options

253,497

345,043

-26.5%

Total Futures and Options

729,943

941,648

-22.5%

 

Clearing and Settlement

CCASS Statistics (securities market)

Feb 2016

Jan 2016

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,114,323

1,278,822

-12.86%

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

81,163

88,617

-8.41%

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

222

279

-20.43

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

99.93

99.92

N/A

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


73.81
56.18


74.09
56.21


N/A 
N/A

DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)

Feb 2016

Jan 2016

% Change

Month-end Open Interest (contracts)

 

 

 

–  Equity Index Futures

616,622

667,263

-7.6%

–  Stock Futures

12,177

12,549

-3.0%

–  Interest Rates Futures

2

2

0.0%

–  RMB Currency Futures

29,043

30,516

-4.8%

–  London Metal Mini Futures

173

230

-24.8%

–  Equity Index Options

2,718,250

2,406,074

13.0%

–  Stock Options

6,223,879

5,936,715

4.8%

 

Year-to-date Statistics

Securities Market

Feb 2016
YTD

Feb 2015
YTD

% Change

No. of newly listed companies # 

10

17

-41.2%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^

74,365

84,296

-11.8%

Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)

233,084

185,873

25.4%

Average no. of trades per trading day

1,201,742

1,156,683

3.9%

Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)

4,652

2,653

75.3%

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

31,487

48,151

-34.6%

Derivatives Market

Feb 2016
YTD

Feb 2015
YTD

% Change

Average daily volume (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

398,405

232,242

71.5%

– Stock Futures

1,752

2,711

-35.4%

– Interest Rates Futures

0

2

-100.0%

– RMB Currency Futures

3,486

934

273.2%

– Gold Futures ~

-

0

-

– London Metal Mini Futures

61

359

-83.0%

– Equity Index Options

135,984

71,714

89.6%

– Stock Options

301,679

369,620

-18.4%

Clearing & Settlement

Feb 2016 YTD

Feb 2015
YTD

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,200,902

1,138,071

5.52%

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

85,086

89,411

-4.84%

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

252

408

-38.24%

# 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

 

Historical Records
up to 29 February 2016 

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

25,553

2016/01/07

135,108

2016/02/29

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

13,917

2012/05/18

32,651

2012/05/29