Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights - April 2016

Date 06/05/2016

Highlights

- Securities Market

  • The average daily turnover for the first four months of 2016 was $70.8 billion, a decrease of 38 per cent when compared with $113.4 billion for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of CBBCs for the first four months of 2016 was $6.3 billion, a decrease of 5 per cent when compared with $6.6 billion for the same period last year.

- Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first four months of 2016 was 784,873 contracts, a decrease of 2 per cent when compared with the 798,461 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of equity index futures for the first four months of 2016 was 368,967 contacts, an increase of 42 per cent when compared with the 260,282 contacts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of equity index options for the first four months of 2016 was 125,360 contacts, an increase of 49 per cent when compared with the 83,974 contacts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of RMB Currency Futures for the first four months of 2016 was 2,658 contracts, an increase of 190 per cent when compared with the 916 contracts for the same period last year.

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

 

Apr 2016

Apr 2015

End 2015

No. of listed companies

 1,894

1,780

 1,866

Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)

23,624.0

30,995.2

24,683.7

No. of newly listed companies *

11

5

138

No. of listed securities

8,671

10,095

9,015

No. of equity warrants

13

14

13

No. of derivatives warrants

4,181

5,470

4,590

No. of CBBCs

1,654

2,007

1,630

No. of unit trusts

151

139

145

No. of debt securities

769

678

762

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

  

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

 

Apr 2016

Mar 2016

% Change

Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *

1,309,033

1,462,202

-10.5%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *

65,452

69,629

-6.0%

No. of trading days

20

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 2016
($Mil)

Mar 2016
($Mil)

% Change

Equities

871,737.58
(66.6%)

967,872.36
(66.2%)

-9.9%

Derivative warrants

224,823.64
(17.2%)

264,224.66
(18.1%)

-14.9%

CBBCs

119,604.47
(9.1%)

119,295.08
(8.2%)

0.3%

Unit Trusts
(include ETFs)

91,924.21
(7.0%)

109,522.18
(7.5%)

-16.1%

( ) % 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 2016 was $16,419 million (1.3% of the securities market total turnover).

 

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

 

Apr 2016

Apr 2015

End 2015

No. of H shares

 231

207

229

No. of Red chips Stocks

151

 143

145

No. of Mainland private enterprises

 582

546

577

Market capitalisation (% of market total)

61.8%

62.4%

62.1%

Turnover value (% of equity turnover)

70.1%

76.0%

72.7%

 

Index Performance
Month-end figures

 

Apr 2016

% Change 
over 1 Month

% Change 
over 12 Months

S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index

26003.28

1.8%

-24.1%

S&P/HKEx GEM Index

421.91

-0.2%

-38.9%

Hang Seng Index

21067.05

1.4%

-25.1%

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#

8939.47

-0.7%

-38.1%

Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*

3749.34

-0.6%

-32.5%

CES China 120 Index ^

4621.57

-0.3%

-29.2%

CES China HK Mainland Index +

5204.97

0.5%

-29.0%

# - 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)

Apr 2016

Mar 2016

% Change

Total Futures

346,560

342,937

1.1%

Hang Seng Index Futures

132,561

127,498

4.0%

Mini Hang Seng Index Futures

49,301

46,440

6.2%

H-shares Index Futures

139,600

139,209

0.3%

Mini H-shares Index Futures

20,214

21,520

-6.1%

HSI Dividend Point Index Futures

260

206

26.2%

HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures

2,458

4,225

-41.8%

HSI Volatility Index Futures

1

1

0.0%

CES China 120 Index Futures

2

1

100.0%

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

778

1,255

-38.0%

3-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

1-Month HIBOR Futures

0

0

-

RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures 

1,271

2,479

-48.7%

London Aluminium Mini Futures

15

6

150.0%

London Zinc Mini Futures

52

47

10.6%

London Copper Mini Futures

27

24

12.5%

London Lead Mini Futures

0

0

-

London Nickel Mini Futures

21

27

-22.2%

London Tin Mini Futures

0

0

-

Total Options

378,124

397,031

-4.8%

Hang Seng Index Options

35,977

33,917

6.1%

Mini Hang Seng Index Options

6,144

4,475

37.3%

Flexible Hang Seng Index Options

0

0

-

H-shares Index Options

69,095

81,117

-14.8%

Flexible H-shares Index Options

0

95

-100.0%

Stock Options

266,908

277,427

-3.8%

Total Futures and Options

724,685

739,968

-2.1%

 

Clearing and Settlement

CCASS Statistics (securities market)

Apr 2016

Mar 2016

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,097,592

1,188,713

-7.67%

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

84,510

85,428

-1.07%

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

286

244

17.21%

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


74.06
56.41


74.67
56.61


N/A 
N/A

DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)

Apr 2016

Mar 2016

% Change

Month-end Open Interest (contracts)

 

 

 

–  Equity Index Futures

619,812

644,456

-3.8%

–  Stock Futures

6,832

7,121

-4.1%

–  Interest Rates Futures

0

0

-

–  RMB Currency Futures

26,844

28,215

-4.9%

–  London Metal Mini Futures

169

223

-24.2%

–  Equity Index Options

2,658,673

2,490,891

6.7%

–  Stock Options

5,768,630

5,368,449

7.5%

 

Year-to-date Statistics

Securities Market

Apr 2016
YTD

Apr 2015
YTD

% Change

No. of newly listed companies # 

31

33

-6.1%

Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^

70,849

113,423

-37.5%

Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)

215,790

193,081

11.8%

Average no. of trades per trading day

1,172,242

1,464,966

-20.0%

Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)

32,627

55,278

-41.0%

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

102,670

145,833

-29.6%

Derivatives Market

Apr 201
YTD

Apr 2015
YTD

% Change

Average daily volume (contracts)

 

 

 

– Equity Index Futures

368,967

260,282

41.8%

– Stock Futures

1,373

3,587

-61.7%

– Interest Rates Futures

0

1

-100.0%

– RMB Currency Futures

2,658

916

190.2%

– Gold Futures ~

0

0

-

– London Metal Mini Futures

86

287

-70.0%

– Equity Index Options

125,360

83,974

49.3%

– Stock Options

286,429

449,414

-36.3%

Clearing & Settlement

Apr 2016 YTD

Apr 2015
YTD

% Change

Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS

1,171,507

1,416,266

-17.28%

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

85,031

100,593

-15.47%

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

258

550

-53.09%

# 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 30 April 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