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HKEX Monthly Market Highlights - March 2016

Date 07/04/2016

Highlights

Securities Market

  • Funds raised through IPOs for the first three months of 2016 was $28.0 billion, an increase of 38 per cent when compared with $20.3 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover for the first three months of 2016 was $72.7 billion, a decrease of 16 per cent when compared with $86.4 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first three months of 2016 was $15.5 billion, an increase of 5 per cent when compared with $14.7 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first three months of 2016 was $6.4 billion, an increase of 3 per cent when compared with $6.2 billion for the same period last year.

Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first three months of 2016 was 805,276 contracts, an increase of 20 per cent when compared with the 672,678 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of equity index futures for the first three months of 2016 was 377,296 contacts, an increase of 62 per cent when compared with the 232,284 contacts for the same period last year. 
  • The average daily turnover of equity index options for the first three months of 2016 was 130,154 contacts, an increase of 78 per cent when compared with the 73,049 contacts for the same period last year. 
  • The average daily turnover of RMB Currency Futures for the first three months of 2016 was 3,128 contracts, an increase of 227 per cent when compared with the 956 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 29 March 2016, the open interest of H-shares Index Options reached a record high of 2,811,533 contracts.
  • On 30 March 2016, the open interest of HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures reached a record high of 162,052 contracts.

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

Mar 2016

Mar 2015

End 2015

No. of listed companies

1,883

1,775

1,866

Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)

23,444.6

26,741.9

24,683.7

No. of newly listed companies *

10

11

138

No. of listed securities

8,621

9,044

9,015

No. of equity warrants

14

12

13

No. of derivatives warrants

4,184

4,806

4,590

No. of CBBCs

1,613

1,641

1,630

No. of unit trusts

149

138

145

No. of debt securities

769

665

762

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

 

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

Mar 2016

Feb 2016

% Change

Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *

1,462,202

1,181,247

23.8%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *

69,629

65,625

6.1%

No. of trading days

21

18

-

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

Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM) 

Mar 2016
($Mil)

Feb 2016
($Mil)

% Change

Equities

967,872.36
(66.2%)

697,560.38
(59.1%)

38.8%

Derivative warrants

264,224.66
(18.1%)

300,877.49
(25.5%)

-12.2%

CBBCs

119,295.08
(8.2%)

98,654.08
(8.4%)

20.9%

Unit Trusts
(include ETFs) 

109,522.18
(7.5%)

83,697.87
(7.1%)

30.9%

( ) % 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 2016 was $19,190 million (1.3% of the securities market total turnover).

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

Mar 2016

Mar 2015

End 2015

No. of H shares

231

205

229

No. of Red chips Stocks

151

143

145

No. of Mainland private enterprises

580

546

577

Market capitalisation (% of market total)

62.1%

60.9%

62.1%

Turnover value (% of equity turnover)

70.4%

71.3%

72.7%

Index Performance
Month-end figures

Mar 2016

% Change
over 1 Month

% Change
over 12 Months

S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index

25534.34

8.5%

-15.9%

S&P/HKEx GEM Index

422.76

1.0%

-16.2%

Hang Seng Index

20776.70

8.7%

-16.6%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#

9003.25

13.7%

-27.1%

Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*

3772.08

10.5%

-18.9%

CES China 120 Index ^

4633.98

9.9%

-16.9%

CES China HK Mainland Index +

5180.98

10.6%

-18.7%

# - 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 2016

Feb 2016

% Change

Total Futures

342,937

356,765

-3.9%

Hang Seng Index Futures

127,498

130,426

-2.2%

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

46,440

50,224

-7.5%

H-shares Index Futures

139,209

144,766

-3.8%

Mini H-shares Index Futures

21,520

22,463

-4.2%

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

206

162

27.2%

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

4,225

3,830

10.3%

HSI Volatility Index Futures

1

0

-

CES China 120 Index Futures

1

2

-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

1,255

1,118

12.3%

3-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

1-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures

2,479

3,733

-33.6%

London Aluminium Mini Futures

6

6

0.0%

London Zinc Mini Futures

47

18

161.1%

London Copper Mini Futures

24

13

84.6%

London Lead Mini Futures

0

0

-

London Nickel Mini Futures

27

1

2,600.0%

London Tin Mini Futures

0

0

-

Total Options

397,031

373,178

6.4%

Hang Seng Index Options

33,917

34,834

-2.6%

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

4,475

4,686

-4.5%

Flexible Hang Seng Index Options

0

0

-

H-shares Index Options

81,117

79,956

1.5%

Flexible H-shares Index Options

95

206

-53.9%

Stock Options

277,427

253,497

9.4%

Total Futures and Options

739,968

729,943

1.4%

Clearing and Settlement

CCASS Statistics (securities market) 

Mar 2016

Feb 2016

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,188,713

1,114,323

6.68%

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

85,428

81,163

5.25%

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

244

222

9.91%

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

99.93

99.93

N/A  

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


74.67
56.61


73.81
56.18


N/A
N/A  

DCASS Statistics (derivatives market) 

Mar 2016

Feb 2016

% Change

Month-end Open Interest (contracts)

– Equity Index Futures

644,456

616,622

4.5%

– Stock Futures

7,121

12,177

-41.5%

– Interest Rates Futures

0

2

-100.0%

– RMB Currency Futures

28,215

29,043

-2.9%

– London Metal Mini Futures

223

173

28.9%

– Equity Index Options

2,490,891

2,718,250

-8.4%

– Stock Options

5,368,449

6,223,879

-13.7%

Year-to-date Statistics

Securities Market

Mar 2016
YTD

Mar 2015
YTD

% Change

No. of newly listed companies # 

20

28

-28.6%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^

72,679

86,426

-15.9%

Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)

221,082

187,949

17.6%

Average no. of trades per trading day

1,197,355

1,204,404

-0.6%

Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)

27,965

20,280

37.9%

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

80,235

84,163

-4.7%

Derivatives Market 

Mar 2016
YTD

Mar 2015
YTD

% Change

Average daily volume (contracts)

– Equity Index Futures

377,296

232,284

62.4%

– Stock Futures

1,575

2,764

-43.0%

– Interest Rates Futures

0

1

-100.0%

– RMB Currency Futures

3,128

956

227.2%

– Gold Futures ~

-

0

-

– London Metal Mini Futures

76

302

-74.8%

– Equity Index Options

130,154

73,049

78.2%

– Stock Options

293,047

363,322

-19.3%

Clearing & Settlement 

Mar 2016 YTD

Mar 2015
YTD

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,196,563

1,182,398

1.20%

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

85,208

90,242

-5.58%

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

249

401

-37.91%

# 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 31 March 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

2,811,533

2016/03/29 

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

162,052

2016/03/30 

Mini Hang Seng Index Options 

13,917

2012/05/18

32,651

2012/05/29