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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - August 2013

Date 05/09/2013

Highlights
 
- Securities Market
  • The average daily turnover for the first eight months of 2013 was $64,258 million, an increase of 21 per cent when compared with $53,235 million for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first eight months of 2013 was $8,088 million, an increase of 17 per cent when compared with $6,886 million for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of ETFs for the first eight months of 2013 was $4,090 million, an increase of 152 per cent when compared with $1,626 million for the same period last year.
 
- Derivatives Market
  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first eight months of 2013 was 543,613 contracts, an increase of 13 per cent when compared with the 483,091 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 27 August 2013, the open interest of HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures reached a record high of 83,286 contracts.
  • On 28 August 2013, the open interest of H-shares Index Options reached a record high of 1,274,444 contracts.
 
Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
 
Aug 2013
Aug 2012
End 2012
No. of listed companies
 1,578
 1,533
 1,547
Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)
21,737.6
18,511.5
21,950.1
No. of newly listed companies *
4
2
64
No. of listed securities
8,213
6,836
6,903
No. of equity warrants
10
13
11
No. of derivatives warrants
4,694
3,871
3,747
No. of CBBCs
1,442
1,066
1,214
No. of unit trusts
124
106
111
No. of debt securities
361
243
269
 
* Includes the number of transfer of listings from GEM to Main Board
 
 
 
Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)
 
Aug 2013
Jul 2013
% Change
Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *
1,147,288
1,137,065
1%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *
54,633
51,685
6%
No. of trading days
21
22
-
 
* Turnover value for securities traded in non-Hong Kong dollar currency have been included
 
Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM) 
 
Aug 2013
($Mil)
Jul 2013
($Mil)
% Change
Equities
839,442.36
(73.2%)
804,094.53
(70.7%)
4.4%
Derivative warrants
122,828.33
(10.7%)
152,535.18
(13.4%)
-19.5%
CBBCs
119,595.56
(10.4%)
111,717.88
(9.8%)
7.1%
Unit Trusts
(include ETFs)
65,136.91
(5.7%)
68,131.20
(6.0%)
-4.4%
 
( ) % 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 August 2013 was $26,362 million (2.3 % of the securities market total turnover).
 
Mainland Enterprises (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
 
Aug 2013
Aug 2012
End 2012
No. of H shares
 176
171
176
No. of Red chips Stocks
122
 108
108
No. of Mainland private enterprises
 450
431
437
Market capitalisation (% of market total)
56.6%
56.6%
57.4%
Turnover value (% of equity turnover)
72.3%
67.1%
69.6%
 
 
 
Index Performance
Month-end figures
 
 
Aug 2013
% Change
over 1 Month
% Change
over 12 Months
S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index
26109.41
-1.0%
12.2%
S&P/HKEx GEM Index
411.52
1.6%
17.1%
Hang Seng Index
21731.37
-0.7%
11.5%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#
9825.21
1.7%
5.9%
Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*
4247.26
4.0%
11.3%
 
# - tracks H shares
* - tracks Red chips
 
Derivatives Market Turnover
 
Average Daily Volume (Contracts)
Aug 2013
Jul 2013
% Change
Total Futures
217,414
223,806
-2.9%
Hang Seng Index Futures
78,449
81,038
-3.2%
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
37,899
39,657
-4.4%
H-shares Index Futures
85,848
91,374
-6.0%
Mini H-shares Index Futures
12,015
9,922
21.1%
HSI Dividend Point Index Futures
57
77
-26.0%
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
798
35
2180.0%
HSI Volatility Index Futures
8
5
60.0%
CES China 120 Index Futures 1
980
0
-
IBOVESPA Futures
0
0
-
MICEX Index Futures
0
0
-
Sensex Index Futures
0
0
-
FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures
0
0
-
Stock Futures
1,294
1,284
0.8%
3-Month HIBOR Futures
0
0
-
1-Month HIBOR Futures
1
0
-
3-Year Exchange Fund Note Futures
0
0
-
RMB Currency Futures - USD/CNH Futures 
392
414
-5.3%
Gold Futures
0
0
-
Total Options
290,026
275,333
5.3%
Hang Seng Index Options
33,417
30,780
8.6%
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
5,018
5,235
-4.1%
Flexible Hang Seng Index Options
5
0
-
H-shares Index Options
31,330
37,612
-16.7%
Flexible H-shares Index Options
10
73
-86.3%
Stock Options
220,246
201,634
9.2%
Total Futures and Options
507,440
499,139
1.7%
1 Trading in CES China 120 Index Futures commenced on 12 Aug 2013 
 
Clearing and Settlement
CCASS Statistics (securities market)
Aug 2013
Jul 2013
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
880,019
844,086
4.26%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
74,823
74,456
0.49%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
340
319
6.58%
Average daily settlement efficiency of CNS stock positions on due day (T+2)
99.93%
99.89%
N/A
Shares deposited in the CCASS depository
  –  % of total issued shares 
  –  % of the total market capitalisation

70.30%
51.83%

70.28%
51.59%

N/A
N/A
DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)
Aug 2013
Jul 2013
% Change
Month-end Open Interest (contracts)
 
 
 
–  Equity Index Futures
408,710
406,679
0.5%
–  Stock Futures
20,182
21,287
-5.2%
–  Interest Rates Futures
11
0
-
–  RMB Currency Futures
7,974
7,904
0.9%
–  Gold Futures
0
0
-
–  Equity Index Options
1,555,332
1,443,309
7.8%
–  Stock Options
5,507,656
5,150,509
6.9%
 
Year-to-date Statistics
Securities Market
Aug 2013
YTD
Aug 2012
YTD
% Change
No. of newly listed companies #
37
49
-24.5%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^
64,258
53,235
20.7%
Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)
152,644
142,923
6.8%
Average no. of trades per trading day
946,192
766,350
23.5%
Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)
44,910
44,669
0.5%
Total funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.)*
156,648
189,199ust
-17.2%
Derivatives Market
Aug 2013
YTD
Aug 2012
YTD
% Change
Average daily volume (contracts)
 
 
 
– Equity Index Futures
214,099
190,754
12.2%
– Stock Futures
2,110
1,110
90.1%
– Interest Rates Futures
0
1
-100.0%
– RMB Currency Futures
547
-
-
– Gold Futures
0
0
-
– Equity Index Options
74,760
66,025
13.2%
– Stock Options
252,097
225,201
11.9%
Clearing & Settlement
Aug 2013
YTD
Aug 2012
YTD
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
945,155
766,030
23.38%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
82,633
72,216
14.42%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
399
327
22.02%
# 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 31 August 2013
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
2007/10/03
210,505,533,155
2
2007/10/16
201,413,369,933
3
2007/10/12
195,962,197,177
4
2007/10/30
185,681,499,300
5
2007/10/11
179,409,273,541
6
2007/10/29
178,382,190,802
7
2007/10/15
174,984,449,067
8
2007/11/06
170,352,755,573
9
2007/10/18
169,121,203,305
10
2007/10/25
165,926,117,174
 
Top 10 Market Capitalisation
(Main Board and GEM)
Rank
Date
Market Capitalisation ($)
1
2007/10/30
23,196,977,098,941
2
2007/11/01
23,176,749,100,222
3
2013/01/30
23,174,639,554,061
4
2013/02/04
23,158,596,585,808
5
2013/01/22
23,141,347,249,941
6
2013/02/01
23,140,149,024,689
7
2013/01/21
23,097,666,249,380
8
2013/01/31
23,097,373,119,753
9
2013/01/23
23,085,380,606,572
10
2007/10/29
23,070,544,404,276
 
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
805,947
2008/03/27
9,218,955
2011/11/28
H-shares Index Futures
389,031
2013/06/25
332,727
2013/06/26
Hang Seng Index Futures
271,426
2013/06/25
198,789
2007/06/27
Hang Seng Index Options
116,835
2011/08/05
560,087
2012/06/27
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
86,812
2011/08/09
21,682
2011/06/17
H-shares Index Options
70,518
2013/06/21
1,274,444
2013/08/28
Stock Futures
27,966
2007/03/28
47,050
2013/03/27
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
20,802
2012/05/24
83,286
2013/08/27
Mini H-shares Index Futures
19,556
2011/08/09
6,743
2013/06/24
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
13,917
2012/05/18
32,651
2012/05/29