The following statistics are made available in response to media enquiries:
Securities market
- The Hang Seng Index (HSI) closed at 18639.53 today, down 564.48 points. It was the biggest point decline since 12 September 2001 when the index was down 923.74 points.
- Today's securities market turnover value was third highest ever and second highest this year.
- A total of 427,984 trades were concluded today.
- Today's market capitalisation is $11,870,708,399,162. Yesterday's market capitalisation was $12,262,473,727,457.
Top 10 HSI point declines, 2006 |
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Rank |
Date |
HSI Closing |
Change (points) |
1 |
|
18,639.53 |
(564.48) |
2 |
|
15,805.52 |
(507.84) |
3 |
|
16,494.84 |
(407.01) |
4 |
|
15,234.42 |
(387.02) |
5 |
|
15,450.11 |
(366.44) |
6 |
|
16,266.52 |
(349.03) |
7 |
|
17,007.88 |
(322.82) |
8 |
|
15,642.81 |
(279.94) |
9 |
|
15,429.73 |
(261.96) |
10 |
|
16,901.85 |
(238.93) |
Top 10 HSI percentage declines, 2006 |
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Rank |
Date |
HSI Closing |
Change (%) |
1 |
|
15,805.52 |
(3.11) |
2 |
|
18,639.53 |
(2.94) |
3 |
|
15,234.42 |
(2.48) |
4 |
|
16,494.84 |
(2.41) |
5 |
|
15,450.11 |
(2.32) |
6 |
|
16,266.52 |
(2.10) |
7 |
|
17,007.88 |
(1.86) |
8 |
|
15,642.81 |
(1.76) |
9 |
|
15,429.73 |
(1.67) |
10 |
|
16,901.85 |
(1.39) |
Up to |
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Daily turnover value |
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|
Main Board |
GEM |
Market total |
|
Rank |
($) |
($) |
($) |
Date |
1 |
79,002,608,619 |
n.a.^ |
79,002,608,619 |
|
2 |
76,008,136,096 |
154,877,338 |
76,163,013,434 |
|
3 |
58,868,920,368 |
192,046,794 |
59,060,967,162 |
|
4 |
58,026,211,933 |
230,091,008 |
58,256,302,941 |
|
5 |
57,660,396,659 |
198,529,621 |
57,858,926,280 |
|
6 |
57,537,548,764 |
184,120,093 |
57,721,668,857 |
|
7 |
57,028,022,111 |
184,860,195 |
57,212,882,306 |
|
8 |
54,945,151,234 |
239,429,614 |
55,184,580,848 |
|
9 |
54,505,549,475 |
215,975,305 |
54,721,524,780 |
|
10 |
54,037,457,878 |
161,379,790 |
54,198,837,668 |
|
^ GEM was launched in November 1999.
Top 10 daily turnover values in 2006 |
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Up to |
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Daily turnover value |
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Main Board |
GEM |
Market total |
|
Rank |
($) |
($) |
($) |
Date |
1 |
76,008,136,096 |
154,877,338 |
76,163,013,434 |
|
2 |
58,868,920,368 |
192,046,794 |
59,060,967,162 |
|
3 |
58,026,211,933 |
230,091,008 |
58,256,302,941 |
|
4 |
57,660,396,659 |
198,529,621 |
57,858,926,280 |
|
5 |
57,537,548,764 |
184,120,093 |
57,721,668,857 |
|
6 |
57,028,022,111 |
184,860,195 |
57,212,882,306 |
|
7 |
54,945,151,234 |
239,429,614 |
55,184,580,848 |
|
8 |
54,505,549,475 |
215,975,305 |
54,721,524,780 |
|
9 |
54,037,457,878 |
161,379,790 |
54,198,837,668 |
|
10 |
53,743,972,348 |
196,293,143 |
53,940,265,491 |
|
Derivatives market turnover records today
|
Record High (contracts) |
Previous Record (contracts) |
Hang Seng Index Options |
33,806 |
31,295 ( |
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures |
19,531 |
14,908 ( |
H-shares Index Futures |
77,773 |
69,480 ( |
Stock Futures |
2,011 |
1,887 ( |
Total Futures and Options |
423,139 |
374,987 ( |