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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - January 2015

Date 05/02/2015

Highlights

- Securities Market

  • The average daily turnover in January 2015 was $97,443 million, an increase of 43 per cent when compared with $67,955 million for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of ETFs in January 2015 was $11,820 million, an increase of 310 per cent when compared with $2,885 million for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of derivative warrants in January 2015 was $16,278 million, an increase of 136 per cent when compared with $6,883 million for the same period last year
  • The average daily turnover of CBBCs in January 2015 was $7,741 million, an increase of 64 per cent when compared with $4,709 million for the same period last year.

 

- Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options in January 2015 was 770,683 contracts, an increase of 38 per cent when compared with the 557,033 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of Mini H-shares Index Futures in January 2015 was 34,433 contracts, an increase of 221 per cent when compared with the 10,719 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of Stock Options in January 2015 was 428,711 contracts, an increase of 51 per cent when compared with the 283,369 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 19 January 2015, the turnover of Mini H-shares Index Futures reached a record high of 53,091 contracts.

  

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

 

Jan 2015

Jan 2014

End 2014

No. of listed companies

 1,763

1,657

 1,752

Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)

25,772.6

22,972.0

25,071.8

No. of newly listed companies *

13

15

122

No. of listed securities

9,483

8,730

9,060

No. of equity warrants

11

8

10

No. of derivatives warrants

5,178

4,953

4,938

No. of CBBCs

1,740

1,555

1,579

No. of unit trusts

136

129

134

No. of debt securities

648

424

640

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

 

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

 

Jan 2015

Dec 2014

% Change

Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *

2,046,296

2,037,569

0.4%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *

97,443

97,027

0.4%

No. of trading days

21

21

-

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

 

Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM) 

 

Jan 2015
($Mil)

Dec 2014
($Mil)

% Change

Equities

1,286,572.13
(62.9%)

1,399,425.42
(68.7%)

-8.1%

Derivative warrants

341,827.68
(16.7%)

193,767.96
(9.5%)

76.4%

CBBCs

162,568.59
(7.9%)

134,115.06
(6.6%)

21.2%

Unit Trusts
(include ETFs)

254,284.59
(12.4%)

309,466.59
(15.2%)

-17.8%

( ) % 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 January 2015 was $26,773 million (1.3 % of the securities market total turnover).

 

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

 

Jan 2015

Jan 2014

End 2014

No. of H shares

 204

185

202

No. of Red chips Stocks

143

 129

133

No. of Mainland private enterprises

 542

496

541

Market capitalisation (% of market total)

60.3%

56.6%

60.1%

Turnover value (% of equity turnover)

74.7%

69.8%

70.7%

 

 

Index Performance
Month-end figures

 

Jan 2015

% Change
over 1 Month

% Change
over 12 Months

S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index

29781.74

3.7%

11.9%

S&P/HKEx GEM Index

479.61

0.4%

-6.1%

Hang Seng Index

24507.05

3.8%

11.2%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#

11720.10

-2.2%

19.4%

Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*

4480.65

3.0%

6.2%

CES China 120 Index ^

5104.05

-1.5%

39.2%

CES China HK Mainland Index +

6105.35

3.2%

16.8%

# - 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)

Jan 2015

Dec 2014

% Change

Total Futures

263,673

275,005

-4.1%

Hang Seng Index Futures

68,510

72,296

-5.2%

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

35,120

36,768

-4.5%

H-shares Index Futures

119,256

130,461

-8.6%

Mini H-shares Index Futures

34,433

29,695

16.0%

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

17

0

-

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

1,200

1,065

12.7%

HSI Volatility Index Futures

1

1

0.0%

CES China 120 Index Futures

452

211

114.2%

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

3,348

2,804

19.4%

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 

916

1,286

-28.8%

Gold Futures

0

0

-

London Aluminium Mini Futures 1

43

78

-44.9%

London Zinc Mini Futures 2

81

135

-40.0%

London Copper Mini Futures 3

297

206

44.2%

Total Options

507,010

595,593

-14.9%

Hang Seng Index Options

29,228

33,486

-12.7%

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

4,656

4,592

1.4%

Flexible Hang Seng Index Options

0

0

-

H-shares Index Options

44,143

55,578

-20.6%

Flexible H-shares Index Options

272

131

107.6%

Stock Options

428,711

501,807

-14.6%

Total Futures and Options

770,683

870,598

-11.5%

1 Trading in London Aluminium Mini Futures commenced on 01 Dec 2014
2 Trading in London Zinc Mini Futures commenced on 01 Dec 2014
3 Trading in London Copper Mini Futures commenced on 01 Dec 2014

 

Clearing and Settlement

CCASS Statistics (securities market)

Jan 2015

Dec 2014

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,255,978

1,256,911

-0.07%

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

91,667

100,867

-9.12%

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

471

501

-5.99%

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

99.93

99.90

N/A

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


71.20
54.19


71.29
54.09


N/A
N/A

DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)

Jan 2015

Dec 2014

% Change

Month-end Open Interest (contracts)

 

 

 

–  Equity Index Futures

410,502

421,177

-2.5%

–  Stock Futures

15,926

14,916

6.8%

–  Interest Rates Futures

5

5

0.0%

–  RMB Currency Futures

11,078

9,747

13.7%

–  Gold Futures

0

0

-

–  London Metal Mini Futures

1,281

2,050

-37.5%

–  Equity Index Options

1,357,913

1,192,364

13.9%

–  Stock Options

7,197,490

6,320,147

13.9%

 

Year-to-date Statistics

Securities Market

Jan 2015
YTD

Jan 2014
YTD

% Change

No. of newly listed companies #

13

15

-13.3%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^

97,443

67,955

43.4%

Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)

207,584

139,594

48.7%

Average no. of trades per trading day

1,280,117

1,105,394

15.8%

Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)

2,307

28,015

-91.8%

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

26,659

52,574

-49.3%

Derivatives Market

Jan 2015
YTD

Jan 2014
YTD

% Change

Average daily volume (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

258,988

200,434

29.2%

– Stock Futures

3,348

1,508

122.0%

– Interest Rates Futures

0

0

-

– RMB Currency Futures

916

774

18.3%

– Gold Futures

0

0

-

– London Metal Mini Futures

421

-

-

– Equity Index Options

78,299

70,947

10.4%

– Stock Options

428,711

283,369

51.3%

Clearing & Settlement

Jan 2015 YTD

Jan 2014
YTD

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,255,978

1,104,777

13.69%

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

91,667

88,714

3.33%

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

471

441

6.80%

# 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

 

Historical Records
up to 31 January 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

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

2014/09/04

26,539,532,386,541

2

2014/09/08

26,501,582,795,455

3

2014/09/05

26,496,617,301,003

4

2014/09/03

26,492,566,289,108

5

2014/08/27

26,125,876,675,610

6

2014/09/10

26,107,564,032,838

7

2014/09/11

26,084,005,150,967

8

2015/01/28

26,060,461,319,122

9

2015/01/26

26,040,091,367,421

10

2014/09/02

26,030,019,362,391

 

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

865,463

2014/12/05

10,319,511

2014/12/29

H-shares Index Futures

389,031

2013/06/25

335,684

2014/12/24

Hang Seng Index Futures

271,426

2013/06/25

198,789

2007/06/27

Hang Seng Index Options

116,835

2011/08/05

560,087

2012/06/27

H-shares Index Options

115,258

2014/12/05

1,560,676

2014/12/29

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

86,812

2011/08/09

21,682

2011/06/17

Mini H-shares Index Futures

53,091

2015/01/19

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

95,673

2013/11/19

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

13,917

2012/05/18

32,651

2012/05/29