Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - March 2014

Date 04/04/2014

Highlights

- Securities Market

  • The average daily turnover for the first three months of 2014 was $68,318 million, a decrease of 8 per cent when compared with $74,356 million for the same period last year.
  • There were 25 new listings (including transfers from Growth Enterprise Market, or GEM, to Main Board) in the first three months of 2014, an increase of 127 per cent when compared with 11 in the same period last year.
  • Funds raised through IPOs for the first three months of 2014 was $46,037 million, an increase of 463 per cent when compared with $8,184 million for the same period last year.

 

- Derivatives Market

 

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first three months of 2014 was 554,700 contracts, an increase of 0.4 per cent when compared with the 552,686 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of RMB Currency Futures for the first three months of 2014 was 1,238 contracts, an increase of 191 per cent when compared with the 425 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 19 March 2014, the turnover of RMB Currency Futures reached a record high of 6,318 contracts.

 

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

 

Mar 2014

Mar 2013

End 2013

No. of listed companies

 1,666

1,557

 1,643

Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)

23,064.8

21,953.2

24,042.8

No. of newly listed companies *

6

4

110

No. of listed securities

9,398

7,742

8,522

No. of equity warrants

7

11

8

No. of derivatives warrants

5,335

4,484

4,715

No. of CBBCs

1,799

1,276

1,620

No. of unit trusts

131

111

129

No. of debt securities

456

299

403

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

 

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

 

Mar 2014

Feb 2014

% Change

Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *

1,498,370

1,242,000

21%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *

71,351

65,368

9%

No. of trading days

21

19

-

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

  

Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM) 

 

Mar 2014
($Mil)

Feb 2014
($Mil)

% Change

Equities

1,173,114.75
(78.3%)

953,677.94
(76.8%)

23.0%

Derivative warrants

149,977.91
(10.0%)

137,177.86
(11.0%)

9.3%

CBBCs

114,634.96
(7.7%)

97,002.00
(7.8%)

18.2%

Unit Trusts
(include ETFs)

60,352.45
(4.0%)

53,935.90
(4.3%)

11.9%

( ) % 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 March 2014 was $23,213 million (1.5 % of the securities market total turnover).

 

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

 

Mar 2014

Mar 2013

End 2013

No. of H shares

 187

175

182

No. of Red chips Stocks

129

 120

122

No. of Mainland private enterprises

 501

442

493

Market capitalisation (% of market total)

56.5%

56.2%

56.9%

Turnover value (% of equity turnover)

71.3%

70.2%

71.6%

 

Index Performance
Month-end figures

 

Mar 2014

% Change
over 1 Month

% Change
over 12 Months

S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index

26777.04

-3.5%

0.7%

S&P/HKEx GEM Index

529.64

-4.8%

32.3%

Hang Seng Index

22151.06

-3.0%

-0.7%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#

10075.10

1.9%

-7.5%

Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*

4161.24

-2.4%

-4.6%

CES China 120 Index ^

3723.60

-0.4%

-8.9%

CES China HK Mainland Index +

5278.22

-2.0%

-0.7%

# - 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)

Mar 2014

Feb 2014

% Change

Total Futures

215,692

205,454

5.0%

Hang Seng Index Futures

71,209

71,437

-0.3%

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

28,019

26,908

4.1%

H-shares Index Futures

96,940

91,460

6.0%

Mini H-shares Index Futures

13,360

11,878

12.5%

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

101

213

-52.6%

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

2,532

437

479.4%

HSI Volatility Index Futures

3

2

50.0%

CES China 120 Index Futures

96

152

-36.8%

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

1,933

1,506

28.4%

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 

1,499

1,461

2.6%

Gold Futures

0

0

-

Total Options

331,362

355,120

-6.7%

Hang Seng Index Options

29,731

28,741

3.4%

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

3,649

3,734

-2.3%

Flexible Hang Seng Index Options

0

8

-100.0%

H-shares Index Options

40,895

37,827

8.1%

Flexible H-shares Index Options

38

0

-

Stock Options

257,049

284,810

-9.7%

Total Futures and Options

547,053

560,574

-2.4%

 

Clearing and Settlement

CCASS Statistics (securities market)

Mar 2014

Feb 2014

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,175,964

1,075,660

9.32%

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

91,867

88,838

3.41%

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

435

373

16.62%

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


70.98
52.81


70.16
52.50


N/A
N/A

DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)

Mar 2014

Feb 2014an8

% Change

Month-end Open Interest (contracts)

 

 

 

–  Equity Index Futures

411,217

421,109

-2.3%

–  Stock Futures

19,695

21,798

-9.6%

–  Interest Rates Futures

0

1

-100.0%

–  RMB Currency Futures

9,495

15,089

-37.1%

–  Gold Futures

0

0

-

–  Equity Index Options

1,242,843

1,346,327

-7.7%

–  Stock Options

5,458,789

6,267,392

-12.9%

 

Year-to-date Statistics

Securities Market

Mar 2014
YTD

Mar2013
YTD

% Change

No. of newly listed companies #

25

11

127.3%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^

68,318

74,356

-8.1%

Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)

138,416

172,655

-19.8%

Average no. of trades per trading day

1,120,884

991,994

13.0%

Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)

46,037

8,184

462.5%

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

101,950

63,788ust

59.8%

Derivatives Market

Mar 2014
YTD

Mar 2013
YTD

% Change

Average daily volume (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

205,145

200,456

2.3%

– Stock Futures

1,654

2,988

-44.6%

– Interest Rates Futures

0

0

-

– RMB Currency Futures

1,238

425

191.3%

– Gold Futures

0

0

-

– Equity Index Options

71,907

70,702

1.7%

– Stock Options

274,757

278,115

-1.2%

Clearing & Settlement

Mar 2014
YTD

Mar 2013
YTD

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,120,215

990,740

13.07%

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

89,857

89,261

0.67%

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

418

463

-9.72%

# 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 March 2014

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

2013/12/02

24,271,527,521,289

2

2013/12/03

24,193,519,377,510

3

2013/11/29

24,134,626,917,520

4

2013/12/09

24,116,587,381,535

5

2013/12/04

24,110,964,447,941

6

2014/01/02

24,093,887,485,876

7

2013/12/05

24,093,010,330,620

8

2013/12/06

24,053,539,516,728

9

2013/12/10

24,053,384,524,875

10

2013/12/31

24,042,805,866,135

 

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

H-shares Index Futures

389,031

2013/06/25

334,575

2013/12/24

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

113,156

2013/11/19

1,437,711

2013/12/19

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

86,812

2011/08/09

21,682

2011/06/17

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 H-shares Index Futures

19,556

2011/08/09

6,951

2013/09/23

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

13,917

2012/05/18

32,651

2012/05/29