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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - December 2012

Date 07/01/2013

Highlights

- Securities Market

  • Market capitalisation reached $21,950.1 billion at the end of 2012, representing a year-on-year increase of 25 per cent.

  • The Hang Seng Index ended 2012 at 22656.92, representing a year-on-year increase of 23 per cent.

  • The average daily turnover in 2012 was $53,851 million, a decrease of 23 per cent when compared with $69,732 million in 2011.

  • The average daily turnover of RQFII A-share ETFs of dual counters for December 2012 was $1,608 million, an increase of 203 per cent when compared with $530 million for November 2012.

- Derivatives Market

  • The average daily turnover of futures and options in 2012 was 487,994 contracts, a decrease of 15 per cent when compared with the 572,275 contracts in 2011.

  • On 21 and 27 December 2012, the open interest of H-shares Index Futures and H-shares Index Options reached a record high of 260,943 and 926,985 contracts respectively.

  • The average daily turnover of RMB Currency Futures in December 2012 was 393 contracts, an increase of 34 per cent when compared with 294 contracts in November 2012.

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

 
Dec 2012
Dec 2011
End 2011
No. of listed companies
1,547
1,496
1,496
Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)
21,950 .1
17,537.3
17,537.3
No. of newly listed companies *
7
20
101
No. of listed securities
6,903
6,723
6,723
No. of equity warrants
11
15
15
No. of derivatives warrants
3,747
4,027
4,027
No. of CBBC
1,214
901
901
No. of unit trusts
111
88
88
No. of debt securities
269
192
192

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

 

Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)

 

Dec 2012
Nov 2012
% Change
Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *
1,164,003
1,203,952
-3%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *
61,263
54,725
12%
No. of trading days
19
22
-

 

* Turnover value for securities traded in non-Hong Kong dollar currency have been included since 29 November 2010

Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM) 

 

Dec 2012
($Mil)
Nov 2012
($Mil)
% Change
Equities
865,393.71
(74.3%)
846,593.46
(70.3%)
2.2%
Derivative warrants
103,564.32
(8.9%)
148,372.78
(12.3%)
-30.2%
CBBC
88,451.31
(7.6%)
129,117.09
(10.7%)
-31.5%
Debt securities
260.98
(0.0%)
(less than 0.1%)
175.40
(0.0%)
(less than 0.1%)
48.8%

 

( ) % of market total
Turnover value for securities traded in non-Hong Kong dollar currency have been included since 29 November 2010

ATS Transactions

The total turnover of automated trading services’ (ATS) transactions for December 2012 was $28,543 million (2.5 % of the securities market total turnover).

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

 

Dec 2012
Dec 2011
End 2011
No. of H shares
176
168
168
No. of Red chips Stocks
108
107
107
No. of Mainland private enterprises
437*
365
365
Market capitalisation (% of market total)
57.4%
55.5%
55.5%
Turnover value (% of equity turnover)
67.8%
67.9%
66.0%

 

* Revised methodology for classification of listed companies took effect from 1 January 2012 (Mainland private enterprises were classified as Non-H Share Mainland Private Enterprises, or NHMPE before revision).

Index Performance
Month-end figures

 

 
Dec 2012
% Change
over 1 Month
% Change
over 12 Months
S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index
27082.16
3.2%
21.7%
S&P/HKEx GEM Index
381.51
10.0%
-19.7%
Hang Seng Index
22656.92
2.84%
22.9%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#
11436.16
7.7%
15.1%
Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*
4531.12
3.3%
23.1%
 
 
# - tracks H shares
* - tracks Red chips
Derivatives Market Turnover
Average Daily Volume (Contracts)
Dec 2012
Nov 2012
% Change
Total Futures
194,575
194,755
-0.1%
Hang Seng Index Futures
81,065
86,044
-5.8%
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
29,867
32,138
-7.1%
H-shares Index Futures
74,507
68,039
9.5%
Mini H-shares Index Futures
6,569
6,488
1.2%
HSI Dividend Point Index Futures
0
14
-100.0%
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
245
116
111.2%
HSI Volatility Index Futures 1
1
2
-50.0%
IBOVESPA Futures 2
0
0
-
MICEX Index Futures 3
0
0
-
Sensex Index Futures 4
0
0
-
FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures 5
0
0
-
Stock Futures
1,928
1,621
18.9%
3-Month HIBOR Futures
0
0
-
1-Month HIBOR Futures
0
0
-
3-Year Exchange Fund Note Futures
0
0
-
USD/CNH Futures 6
393
294
33.7%
Gold Futures
0
0
-
Total Options
321,383
296,966
8.2%
Hang Seng Index Options
37,445
37,292
0.4%
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
6,279
5,678
10.6%
Flexible Hang Seng Index Options
0
164
-100.0%
H-shares Index Options
34,081
27,743
22.8%
Flexible H-shares Index Options
78
142
-45.1%
Stock Options
243,501
225,946
7.8%
Total Futures and Options
515,958
491,720
4.9%
1 Trading in HSI Volatility Index Futures commenced on 20 Feb 2012
2 Trading in IBOVESPA Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
3 Trading in MICEX Index Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
4 Trading in Sensex Index Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
5 Trading in FTSE/JSE Top40 Futures commenced on 30 Mar 2012
6 Trading in USD/CNH Futures commenced on 17 Sep 2012
Clearing and Settlement
CCASS Statistics (securities market)
Dec 2012
Nov 2012
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
832,808
796,498
4.56%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
87,410
70,971
23.16%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
456
329
38.60%
Average daily settlement efficiency of CNS stock positions on due day (T+2)
99.91
99.89
N/A
Shares deposited in the CCASS depository
– % of total issued shares
– % of the total market capitalisation

70.30%
51.73%

69.68%
51.25%

N/A
N/A
DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)
Dec 2012
Nov 2012
% Change
Month-end Open Interest (contracts)
     
– Equity Index Futures
381,023
394,623
-3.4%
– Stock Futures
19,516
21,687
-10.0%
– Interest Rates Futures
0
5
-100.0%
– RMB Currency Futures
3,673
3,551
3.4%
– Gold Futures
0
0
-
– Equity Index Options
881,779
1,239,188
-28.8%
– Stock Options
4,031,961
5,950,943
-32.2%
Year-to-date Statistics
Securities Market
Dec 2012
YTD
Dec 2011
YTD
% Change
No. of newly listed companies # 
64
101
-37%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^
53,851
69,732
-23%
Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)
137,520
162,225
-15%
Average no. of trades per trading day
775,743
873,389
-11%
Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)
89,818
259,790
-65%
Total funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.)*
304,184
490,390
-38%
Derivatives Market
Dec 2012
YTD
Dec 2011
YTD
% Change
Average daily volume (contracts)
     
– Equity Index Futures
189,778
204,862
-7.4%
– Stock Futures
1,315
1,809
-27.3%
– Interest Rates Futures
1
3
-66.7%
– RMB Currency Futures
290
-
-
– Gold Futures
0
15
-100.0%
– Equity Index Options
68,380
62,837
8.8%
– Stock Options
228,438
302,750
-24.5%
Clearing & Settlement
Dec 2012
YTD
Dec 2011
YTD
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
775,182
872,796
-11.18%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
73,156
83,760
-12.66%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
342
468
-26.92%
# Includes the number of transfer of listings from GEM to Main Board
^ Turnover value for traded in non-HKD currency securities have been included start from 29 November 2010
* Provisional figures only
Historical Records
up to 31 December 2012 
 
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
2007/10/29
23,070,544,404,276
4
2007/10/31
23,069,877,573,111
5
2007/11/02
22,518,847,046,433
6
2011/04/21
22,324,252,903,664
7
2010/11/08
22,297,367,476,072
8
2007/10/26
22,285,176,719,928
9
2011/04/08
22,235,055,909,162
10
2007/11/07
22,202,420,942,652
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
Hang Seng Index Futures
235,385
2011/08/09
198,789
2007/06/27
H-shares Index Futures
227,986
2012/11/27
260,943
2012/12/21
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
67,677
2012/09/14
926,985
2012/12/27
Stock Futures
27,966
2007/03/28
26,482
2011/08/25
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
20,802
2012/05/24
77,555
2012/10/29
Mini H-shares Index Futures
19,556
2011/08/09
6,684
2012/04/24
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
13,917
2012/05/18
32,651
2012/05/29