Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights

Date 07/05/2018

HIGHLIGHTS

Securities Market

  • The average daily turnover for the first four months of 2018 was $137.1 billion, an increase of 85 per cent when compared with $74.3 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first four months of 2018 was $21.5 billion, an increase of 97 per cent when compared with $10.9 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first four months of 2018 was $9.1 billion, an increase of 112 per cent when compared with $4.3 billion for the same period last year.
  • Total funds raised for the first four months of 2018 was $133.4 billion, an increase of 29 per cent when compared with $103.6 billion for the same period last year.
  • There were 77* newly listed companies for the first four months of 2018, an increase of 51 per cent when compared with 51* for the same period last year.

Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first four months of 2018 was 1,304,497 contracts, an increase of 71 per cent when compared with the 763,773 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of Stock Options for the first four months of 2018 was 631,259 contracts, an increase of 89 per cent when compared with the 334,476 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of RMB Currency Futures for the first four months of 2018 was 5,322 contracts, an increase of 64 per cent when compared with the 3,246 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 25 April 2018, the turnover of Hang Seng Index Futures reached a record high of 365,385 contracts.

* Includes any transfers of listing from GEM to Main Board

 

LISTED SECURITIES (MAIN BOARD AND GEM)

 

Month-end figures

 

Apr 2018

Apr 2017

End 2017

No. of listed companies

2,186

2,020

2,118

Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)

34,870.2

27,664.8

33,998.8

No. of newly listed companies *

8

11

174

No. of listed securities

13,986

9,269

12,803

No. of equity warrants

5

7

8

No. of derivatives warrants

7,213

3,927

6,094

No. of CBBCs

3,310

2,177

3,374

No. of unit trusts

146

168

145

No. of debt securities

1,109

959

1,047

 

 

 

 

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

 

SECURITIES MARKET TURNOVER (MAIN BOARD AND GEM)

 

 

Apr 2018

Mar 2018

% Change

Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *

2,058,904

2,763,556

-25.5%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *

108,363

131,598

-17.7%

No. of trading days

19

21

-

 

 

 

 

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

 

TURNOVER BY TYPE OF SECURITIES (MAIN BOARD AND GEM)

 

 

Apr 2018
($Mil)

Mar 2018
($Mil)

% Change

Equities

1,513,292.28
(73.5%)

2,045,478.26
(74.0%)

-26.0%

Derivative warrants

302,831.71
(14.7%)

417,159.99
(15.1%)

-27.4%

CBBCs

147,020.05
(7.1%)

183,873.96
(6.7%)

-20.0%

Unit Trusts

(include ETFs) 

91,660.72
(4.5%)

113,387.17
(4.1%)

-19.2%

 



 

( ) % 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 April 2018 was $29,321 million (1.4% of the securities market total turnover).

 

MAINLAND ENTERPRISES (MAIN BOARD AND GEM)

 

Month-end figures

 

Apr 2018

Apr 2017

End 2017

No. of H shares

254

245

252

No. of Red chips Stocks

164

158

159

No. of Mainland private enterprises

654

613

640

Market capitalisation (% of market total)

66.9%

63.5%

66.2%

Turnover value (% of equity turnover)

79.4%

74.7%

76.1%

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX PERFORMANCE

 

Month-end figures

 

Apr 2018

% Change 
over 1 Month

% Change 
over 12 Months

S&P/HKEX LargeCap Index

40039.89

2.4%

28.3%

S&P/HKEX GEM Index

248.29

-1.3%

-27.1%

Hang Seng Index

30808.45

2.4%

25.2%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index

12331.39

2.8%

20.7%

Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*

4540.64

3.0%

15.2%

CES China 120 Index ^

6569.14

-1.1%

20.2%

CESChina HK Mainland Index +

8578.63

1.4%

37.2%

 

 



* - 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)

Apr 2018

Mar 2018

% Change

Total Futures

521,405

490,028

6.4%

Hang Seng Index Futures

240,657

205,742

17.0%

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

105,576

104,251

1.3%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

142,896

141,930

0.7%

Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

23,757

27,963

-15.0%

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

74

140

-47.1%

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

802

766

4.7%

HSI Volatility Index Futures

0

0

-

CES China 120 Index Futures

1

1

0.0%

CES Gaming Top 10 Index Futures

0

0

-

Hang Seng Mainland Oil & Gas Index Futures

111

90

23.3%

Hang Seng Mainland Banks Index Futures

167

178

-6.2%

Hang Seng Mainland Healthcare Index Futures

0

0

-

Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index Futures

91

102

-10.8%

Hang Seng IT Hardware Index Futures

3

4

-25.0%

Hang Seng Software & Services Index Futures

1

3

-66.7%

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

1,368

1,724

-20.6%

3-Month HIBOR Futures

4

1

300.0%

1-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures

5,289

5,110

3.5%

RMB Currency Futures - EUR/CNH Futures

8

7

14.3%

RMB Currency Futures - JPY/CNH Futures

8

6

33.3%

RMB Currency Futures - AUD/CNH Futures

2

1

100.0%

RMB Currency Futures - CNH/USD Futures

33

20

65.0%

USD Gold Futures

469

1,884

-75.1%

CNH Gold Futures

57

65

-12.3%

Iron Ore Futures – Monthly Contracts

7

25

-72.0%

Iron Ore Futures – Quarterly Contracts

0

0

-

London Aluminium Mini Futures

22

1

2100.0%

London Zinc Mini Futures

1

5

-80.0%

London Copper Mini Futures

1

3

-66.7%

London Lead Mini Futures

0

0

-

London Nickel Mini Futures

2

5

-60.0%

London Tin Mini Futures

0

0

-

Total Options

661,829

704,210

-6.0%

Hang Seng Index Options

49,478

52,645

-6.0%

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

8,587

7,182

19.6%

Flexible Hang Seng Index Options

0

0

-

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

79,302

89,396

-11.3%

Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

2,894

1,168

147.8%

Flexible Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

66

60

10.0%

Stock Options

521,498

553,740

-5.8%

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Options

5

19

-73.7%

Total Futures and Options

1,183,235

1,194,238

-0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEARING AND SETTLEMENT

 

CCASS Statistics (securities market)

Apr 2018

Mar 2018

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades settled by CCASS

1,644,551

1,739,642

-5.47%

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

103,057

107,287

-3.94%

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

301

328

-8.26%

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

99.84

99.89

N/A

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


76.57
59.83


76.47
60.04

 

N/A
N/A

DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)

Apr 2018

Mar 2018

% Change

Month-end Open Interest (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

535,954

521,279

2.8%

– Stock Futures

8,903

11,729

-24.1%

– Interest Rates Futures

351

290

21.0%

– RMB Currency Futures

26,163

30,515

-14.3%

– Gold Futures

246

190

29.5%

– Iron Ore Futures

150

169

-11.2%

– London Metal Mini Futures

16

11

45.5%

– Equity Index Options

3,329,479

3,131,760

6.3%

– Stock Options

10,165,423

9,585,088

6.1%

– RMB Currency Options

3,506

3,522

-0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR-TO-DATE STATISTICS

 

Securities Market

Apr 2018

YTD

Apr 2017

YTD

% Change

No. of newly listed companies #

77

51

51.0%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^

137,109

74,301

84.5%

Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)

247,785

194,258

27.6%

Average no. of trades per trading day

1,773,765

1,132,283

56.7%

Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)

24,961

33,351

-25.2%

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

133,416

103,592

28.8%

Derivatives Market

Apr 2018
YTD

Apr 2017
YTD

% Change

Average daily volume (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

496,068

291,125

70.4%

– Stock Futures

1,144

601

90.3%

– 5-Year MOF T-Bond Futures

-

187

-

– Interest Rates Futures

2

0

-

– RMB Currency Futures

5,322

3,246

64.0%

– Gold Futures

1,728

-

-

– Iron Ore Futures

40

-

-

– London Metal Mini Futures

15

8

87.5%

– Equity Index Options

168,890

134,249

25.8%

– Stock Options

631,259

334,476

88.7%

– RMB Currency Options

31

108

-71.3%

Clearing & Settlement

Apr 2018
YTD 
Apr 2017
YTD 

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,773,100

1,131,700

56.68%

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

111,337

86,881

28.15%

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

408

297

37.37%

 

 

 

 

 

 

# 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 30 April 2018

Top 10 Hang Seng Index Closes

Rank

Date

Close

1

2018/01/26

33154.12

2

2018/01/29

32966.89

3

2018/01/24

32958.69

4

2018/01/23

32930.70

5

2018/01/31

32887.27

6

2018/01/25

32654.45

7

2018/02/01

32642.09

8

2018/01/30

32607.29

9

2018/02/02

32601.78

10

2018/01/22

32393.41

 

 

 

 

Top 10 Daily Market Turnover

(Main Board and GEM)

Rank

Date

Turnover ($)

1

2015/04/09

293,910,756,648

2

2018/03/23

284,101,947,853

3

2015/04/13

266,098,632,854

4

2018/02/06

258,799,618,543

5

2015/04/08

252,396,050,844

6

2015/04/14

239,903,336,931

7

2015/07/08

237,429,139,110

8

2015/04/10

222,888,834,174

9

2018/02/09

219,595,292,569

10

2018/02/07

218,890,883,115

 

 

 

 

Top 10 Market Capitalisation

(Main Board and GEM)

Rank

Date

Market Capitalisation ($)

1

2018/01/26

37,715,721,713,817

2

2018/01/29

37,498,267,978,409

3

2018/01/24

37,458,993,282,123

4

2018/01/23

37,434,956,503,062

5

2018/01/31

37,196,824,130,391

6

2018/01/25

37,171,558,627,632

7

2018/01/30

37,034,857,609,118

8

2018/02/02

36,948,839,611,393

9

2018/02/01

36,943,877,577,778

10

2018/01/22

36,925,559,142,548

 

 

 

 

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

13,725,731

2018/03/27

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

467,559

2015/08/26

519,817

2015/12/29

Hang Seng Index Futures

365,385

2018/04/25

206,082

2017/06/27

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options

232,994

2018/02/09

3,465,052

2017/12/27

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

215,927

2018/02/07

21,682

2011/06/17

Hang Seng Index Options

130,998

2018/01/23

594,941

2017/11/28

Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

76,471

2018/02/06

16,436

2014/12/11

Stock Futures

27,966

2007/03/28

47,050

2013/03/27

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

27,501

2017/02/14

184,626

2016/12/13

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures

20,338

2017/01/05

46,711

2017/01/04