Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights - May 2016

Date 06/06/2016

Highlights

- Securities Market

  • The average daily turnover for the first five months of 2016 was $68.6 billion, a decrease of 43 per cent when compared with $121.4 billion for the same period last year.
  • There were 36* newly listed companies for the first five months of 2016, a decrease of 5 per cent when compared with 38* for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first five months of 2016 was $6.2 billion, a decrease of 7 per cent when compared with $6.7 billion for the same period last year.

 

- Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first five months of 2016 was 773,391 contracts, a decrease of 4 per cent when compared with the 805,805 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of RMB Currency Futures for the first five months of 2016 was 2,335 contracts, an increase of 177 per cent when compared with the 844 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 31 May 2016, the open interest of HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures reached a record high of 168,098 contracts.

* Includes any transfers of listing from GEM to Main Board

 

Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)

Month-end figures

 

May 2016

May 2015

End 2015

No. of listed companies

 1,899

1,784

 1,866

Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)

23,130.5

30,753.7

24,683.7

No. of newly listed companies *

5

5

138

No. of listed securities

8,525

10,362

9,015

No. of equity warrants

14

14

13

No. of derivatives warrants

4,145

5,633

4,590

No. of CBBCs

1,532

2,081

1,630

No. of unit trusts

149

142

145

No. of debt securities

777

701

762

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

 

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

 

May 2016

Apr 2016

% Change

Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *

1,261,151

1,309,033

-3.7%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *

60,055

65,452

-8.2%

No. of trading days

21

20

-

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

 

Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM) 

 

May 2016
($Mil)

Apr 2016
($Mil)

% Change

Equities

829,199.19
(65.7%)

871,737.58
(66.6%)

-4.9%

Derivative warrants

221,889.47
(17.6%)

224,823.64
(17.2%)

-1.3%

CBBCs

119,498.39
(9.5%)

119,604.47
(9.1%)

-0.1%

Unit Trusts
(include ETFs)

89,839.18
(7.1%)

91,924.21
(7.0%)

-2.3%

( ) % 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 May 2016 was $17,229 million (1.4% of the securities market total turnover).

 

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

 

May 2016

May 2015

End 2015

No. of H shares

 231

207

229

No. of Red chips Stocks

151

 143

145

No. of Mainland private enterprises

 583

547

577

Market capitalisation (% of market total)

62.4%

62.6%

62.1%

Turnover value (% of equity turnover)

71.5%

71.6%

72.7%

 

Index Performance
Month-end figures

 

May 2016

% Change 
over 1 Month

% Change 
over 12 Months

S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index

25904.69

-0.4%

-22.9%

S&P/HKEx GEM Index

421.78

0.0%

-47.4%

Hang Seng Index

20815.09

-1.2%

-24.1%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#

8704.90

-2.6%

-38.3%

Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*

3609.50

-3.7%

-30.3%

CES China 120 Index ^

4654.90

0.7%

-26.3%

CES China HK Mainland Index +

5177.75

-0.5%

-26.8%

# - 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)

May 2016

Apr 2016

% Change

Total Futures

339,034

346,560

-2.2%

Hang Seng Index Futures

135,128

132,561

1.9%

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

49,935

49,301

1.3%

H-shares Index Futures

131,115

139,600

-6.1%

Mini H-shares Index Futures

17,231

20,214

-14.8%

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

122

260

-53.1%

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

3,322

2,458

35.2%

HSI Volatility Index Futures

1

1

-

CES China 120 Index Futures

4

2

100.0%

CES Gaming Top 10 Index Futures1

0

-

-

Hang Seng Mainland Oil & Gas Index Futures2

0

-

-

Hang Seng Mainland Banks Index Futures3

4

-

-

Hang Seng Mainland Healthcare Index Futures4

0

-

-

Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index Futures5

0

-

-

Hang Seng IT Hardware Index Futures6

0

-

-

Hang Seng Software & Services Index Futures7

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

824

778

5.9%

3-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

1-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures

1,118

1,271

-12.0%

RMB Currency Futures - EUR/CNH Futures8

4

-

-

RMB Currency Futures - JPY/CNH Futures9

0

-

-

RMB Currency Futures - AUD/CNH Futures10

0

-

-

RMB Currency Futures - CNH/USD Futures11

38

-

-

London Aluminium Mini Futures

7

15

-53.3%

London Zinc Mini Futures

197

52

278.8%

London Copper Mini Futures

9

27

-66.7%

London Lead Mini Futures

0

0

-

London Nickel Mini Futures

15

21

-28.6%

London Tin Mini Futures

0

0

-

Total Options

391,161

378,124

3.4%

Hang Seng Index Options

35,718

35,977

-0.7%

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

5,038

6,144

-18.0%

Flexible Hang Seng Index Options

0

0

-

H-shares Index Options

64,926

69,095

-6.0%

Flexible H-shares Index Options

0

0

-

Stock Options

285,478

266,908

7.0%

Total Futures and Options

730,195

724,685

0.8%

1  Trading in CES Gaming Top 10 Index Futures commenced on 09 May 2016
2
  Trading in Hang Seng Mainland Oil & Gas Index Futures commenced on 09 May 2016
3
  Trading in Hang Seng Mainland Banks Index Futures commenced on 09 May 2016
4
  Trading in Hang Seng Mainland Healthcare Index Futures commenced on 09 May 2016
5
  Trading in Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index Futures commenced on 09 May 2016
6
  Trading in Hang Seng IT Hardware Index Futures commenced on 09 May 2016
7
  Trading in Hang Seng Software & Services Index Futures commenced on 09 May 2016
8
  Trading in RMB Currency Futures - EUR/CNH Futures commenced on 30 May 2016
9
  Trading in RMB Currency Futures - JPY/CNH Futures commenced on 30 May 2016
10
  Trading in RMB Currency Futures - AUD/CNH Futures commenced on 30 May 2016
11  Trading in RMB Currency Futures - CNH/USD Futures commenced on 30 May 2016

 

Clearing and Settlement

CCASS Statistics (securities market)

May 2016

Apr 2016

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

990,676

1,097,592

-9.74%

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

77,874

84,510

-7.85%

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

259

286

-9.44%

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

99.92

99.93

N/A

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


73.79
56.28


74.06
56.41


N/A 
N/A

DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)

May 2016

Apr 2016

% Change

Month-end Open Interest (contracts)

 

 

 

–  Equity Index Futures

643,215

619,812

3.8%

–  Stock Futures

7,674

6,832

12.3%

–  Interest Rates Futures

0

0

-

–  RMB Currency Futures

28,385

26,844

5.7%

–  London Metal Mini Futures

371

169

119.5%

–  Equity Index Options

2,871,473

2,658,673

8.0%

–  Stock Options

6,434,103

5,768,630

11.5%

 

Year-to-date Statistics

Securities Market

May 2016
YTD

May 2015
YTD

% Change

No. of newly listed companies #

36

38

-5.3%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^

68,583

121,441

-43.5%

Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)

211,596

205,273

3.1%

Average no. of trades per trading day

1,134,247

1,539,861

-26.3%

Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)

34,189

57,936

-41.0%

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

118,003

348,194

-66.1%

Derivatives Market

May 2016
YTD

May 2015
YTD

% Change

Average daily volume (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

362,225

267,341

35.5%

– Stock Futures

1,258

3,605

-65.1%

– Interest Rates Futures

0

1

-100.0%

– RMB Currency Futures

2,335

844

176.7%

– Gold Futures ~

-

-

-

– London Metal Mini Futures

116

286

-59.4%

– Equity Index Options

121,228

84,523

43.4%

– Stock Options

286,230

449,205

-36.3%

Clearing & Settlement

May 2016 YTD

May 2015
YTD

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,133,533

1,487,030

-23.77%

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

83,528

103,758

-19.50%

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

258

562

-54.09%

# 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 May 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

168,098

2016/05/31

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

13,917

2012/05/18

32,651

2012/05/29