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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - January 2013

Date 06/02/2013

Highlights

- Securities Market
 
  • The average daily turnover in January 2013 was $78,269 million, an increase of 41 per cent when compared with $55,618 million for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for January 2013 was $10,070 million, an increase of 42 per cent when compared with $7,106 million for the same period last year
  • The turnover of ETF for January 2013 was $122,146 million, a record high.
  • Fund raised by IPOs in January 2013 totalled $4,058 million, an increase of 162 per cent when compared with $1,546 million for the same period last year.
- Derivatives Market
  • The average daily turnover of futures and options in January 2013 was 557,813 contracts, an increase of 13 per cent when compared with the 493,038 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 29 January 2013, the open interest of H-shares Index Futures reached a record high of 265,227 contracts.
  • On 30 January 2013, the open interest of Stock Futures reached a record high of 36,522 contracts.
Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
 
Jan 2013
Jan 2012
End 2012
No. of listed companies
1,551
1,506
1,547
Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)
23,097.4
19,232.5
21,950.1
No. of newly listed companies *
4
11
64
No. of listed securities
7,441
6,738
6,903
No. of equity warrants
11
15
11
No. of derivatives warrants
4,229
3,991
3,747
No. of CBBCs
1,253
927
1,214
No. of unit trusts
111
101
111
No. of debt securities
282
194
269
* Includes the number of transfer of listings from GEM to Main Board
 
 
Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)
Jan 2013
Dec 2012
% Change
Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *
1,721,924
1,164,003
48%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *
78,269
61,263
28%
No. of trading days
22
19
-
* Turnover value for securities traded in non-Hong Kong dollar currency have been included since 29 November 2010
Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM) 
Jan 2013
($Mil)
Dec 2012
($Mil)
% Change
Equities
1,239,834.75
(72.0%)
865,393.71
(74.3%)
43.3%
Derivative warrants
221,544.65
(12.9%)
103,564.32
(8.9%)
113.9%
CBBCs
128,707.73
(7.5%)
88,451.31
(7.6%)
45.5%
Unit Trusts
(include ETFs)
131,534.31
(7.6%)
106,323.79
(9.1%)
23.7%
( ) % of market total
Turnover value for securities traded in non-Hong Kong dollar currency have been included since 29 November 2010
ATS Transactions
The total turnover of automated trading services’ (ATS) transactions for January 2013 was $40,554 million (2.4 % of the securities market total turnover).
Mainland Enterprises (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
Jan 2013
Jan 2012
End 2012
No. of H shares
176
168
176
No. of Red chips Stocks
120
107
108
No. of Mainland private enterprises
438
412
437
Market capitalisation (% of market total)
57.1%
59.4%
57.4%
Turnover value (% of equity turnover)
73.3%
72.9%
69.6%
Index Performance
Month-end figures
 
Jan 2013
% Change
over 1 Month
% Change
over 12 Months
S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index
28275.95
4.4%
14.4%
S&P/HKEx GEM Index
401.58
5.3%
-14.1%
Hang Seng Index
23729.53
4.7%
16.4%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#
12130.59
6.1%
7.4%
Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*
4698.83
3.7%
20.1%
 
# - tracks H shares
* - tracks Red chips
Derivatives Market Turnover
Average Daily Volume (Contracts)
Jan 2013
Dec 2012
% Change
Total Futures
192,865
194,575
-0.9%
Hang Seng Index Futures
77,591
81,065
-4.3%
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
29,502
29,867
-1.2%
H-shares Index Futures
73,396
74,507
-1.5%
Mini H-shares Index Futures
8,215
6,569
25.1%
HSI Dividend Point Index Futures
73
0
-
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
377
245
53.9%
HSI Volatility Index Futures 1
4
1
300.0%
IBOVESPA Futures 2
0
0
-
MICEX Index Futures 3
0
0
-
Sensex Index Futures 4
0
0
-
FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures 5
0
0
-
Stock Futures
3,158
1,928
63.8%
3-Month HIBOR Futures
0
0
-
1-Month HIBOR Futures
0
0
-
3-Year Exchange Fund Note Futures
0
0
-
RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures 6
550
393
39.9%
Gold Futures
0
0
-
Total Options
364,948
321,383
13.6%
Hang Seng Index Options
33,783
37,445
-9.8%
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
4,566
6,279
-27.3%
Flexible Hang Seng Index Options
378
0
-
H-shares Index Options
26,965
34,081
-20.9%
Flexible H-shares Index Options
95
78
21.8%
Stock Options
299,161
243,501
22.9%
Total Futures and Options
557,813
515,958
8.1%
 
1 Trading in HSI Volatility Index Futures commenced on 20 Feb 2012
2 Trading in IBOVESPA Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
3 Trading in MICEX Index Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
4 Trading in Sensex Index Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
5 Trading in FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
6 Trading in RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures commenced on 17 Sep 2012
Clearing and Settlement
CCASS Statistics (securities market)
Jan 2013
Dec 2012
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
1,037,592
832,808
24.59%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
92,492
87,410
5.81%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
568
456
24.56%
Average daily settlement efficiency of CNS stock positions on due day (T+2)
99.81
99.91
N/A
Shares deposited in the CCASS depository
– % of total issued shares
– % of the total market capitalisation

69.74%51.97%

70.30%51.73%

N/A
N/A
DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)
Jan 2012
Dec 2012
% Change
Month-end Open Interest (contracts)
     
– Equity Index Futures
419,481
381,023
10.1%
– Stock Futures
33,472
19,516
71.5%
– Interest Rates Futures
0
0
-
– RMB Currency Futures
4,847
3,673
32.0%
– Gold Futures
0
0
-
– Equity Index Options
1,074,111
881,779
21.8%
– Stock Options
5,276,566
4,031,961
30.9%
 
Year-to-date Statistics
Securities Market
Jan 2013
YTD
Jan 2012
YTD
% Change
No. of newly listed companies # 
4
11
-63.6%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^
78,269
55,618
40.7%
Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)
160,339
145,852
9.9%
Average no. of trades per trading day
1,038,923
793,315
31.0%
Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)
4,058
1,546
162.5%
Total funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.)*
15,266
8,100
88.5%
Derivatives Market
Jan 2013
YTD
Jan 2012
YTD
% Change
Average daily volume (contracts)
     
– Equity Index Futures
189,158
172,586
9.6%
– Stock Futures
3,158
1,146
175.6%
– Interest Rates Futures
0
1
-100.0%
– RMB Currency Futures
550
-
-
– Gold Futures
0
0
-
– Equity Index Options
65,787
53,796
22.3%
– Stock Options
299,161
265,509
12.7%
Clearing & Settlement
Jan 2013
YTD
Jan 2012
YTD
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
1,037,592
793,097
30.83%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
92,492
74,583
24.01%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
568
333
70.57%
 
# Includes the number of transfer of listings 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 31 January 2013 
 
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
2013/01/30
23,174,639,554,061
4
2013/01/22
23,141,347,249,941
5
2013/01/21
23,097,666,249,380
6
2013/01/31
23,097,373,119,753
7
2013/01/23
23,085,380,606,572
8
2007/10/29
23,070,544,404,276
9
2007/10/31
23,069,877,573,111
10
2013/01/18
23,052,069,395,315
 
 
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
227,986
2012/11/27
265,227
2013/01/29
Hang Seng Index Options
116,835
2011/08/05
560,087
2012/06/27
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
86,812
2011/08/09
21,682
2011/06/17
H-shares Index Options
67,677
2012/09/14
926,985
2012/12/27
Stock Futures
27,966
2007/03/28
36,522
2013/01/30
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
20,802
2012/05/24
77,555
2012/10/29
Mini H-shares Index Futures
19,556
2011/08/09
6,684
2012/04/24
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
13,917
2012/05/18
32,651
2012/05/29