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China Exchanges Services Company Launches CES Greater Bay Area Industries Select Index

Date 01/04/2019

China Exchanges Services Company Limited (CESC) today (Monday) launched the CES Greater Bay Area Industries Select Index, which aims to track the performance of Hong Kong or Mainland China listed companies benefiting from Greater Bay Area’s development.

The CES Greater Bay Area Index includes Stock Connect-eligible companies that are headquartered, or have their main operations in the Greater Bay Area. In the recently announced guidance of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area (“the Plan”), 307 listed companies meet both the sub-sector and Greater Bay Area territory criteria. The top 100 companies in terms of market capitalisation among them are selected as index constituents.

“As the first Greater Bay Area thematic index based on the Plan, the CES Greater Bay Area Industries Select Index focuses on competitive sectors and leading companies that benefit from the development of the Greater Bay Area. The new index will help investors capture investment opportunities and diversify their portfolios,” said CESC Chief Executive Mao Zhirong.

Please refer to Appendix 1 and 2, and the N ews Release published on 21 February 2019 for further details of CESC’s index.