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HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - September 2012

Date 08/10/2012

Highlights

- Securities Market
  •  The average daily turnover for the first nine months of 2012 was $53,143 million, a decrease of 27 per cent when compared with $73,236 million for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover for September was $52,372 million, an increase of 20 per cent when compared with $43,806 million for August.
  • The average daily turnover of RQFII A-share ETFs, which was launched in July this year, was $66 million for September 2012.
- Derivatives Market
 
  • The average daily turnover of futures and options for the first nine months of 2012 was 482,854 contracts, a decrease of 16 per cent when compared with 577,954 contracts for the same period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of equity index options for the first nine months of 2012 was 67,057 contracts, an increase of 3.6 per cent when compared with 64,712 contracts for the same period last year.
  • On 12 September 2012, the open interest of HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures reached a record high of 73,105 contracts.
  • On 25 September 2012, the turnover and the open interest of H-shares Index Futures reached a record high of 222,384 contracts and 190,052 contracts respectively.
  • On 14 September and 26 September 2012, the turnover and the open interest of H-shares Index Options reached a record high of 67,677 contracts and 702,719 contracts respectively.
  • The average daily turnover and open interest of RMB Currency Futures, which commenced trading on 17 September 2012, was 217 contracts and 1,076 contracts for September 2012.
Listed Securities (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
 
Sep 2012
Sep 2011
End 2011
No. of listed companies
1,533
1,467
1,496
Total market capitalisation ($Bil.)
19,649
16,225
17,537
No. of newly listed companies *
0
5
101
No. of listed securities
6,911
7,178
6,723
No. of equity warrants
13
17
15
No. of derivatives warrants
3,903
4,778
4,027
No. of CBBC
1,104
642
901
No. of unit trusts
107
87
88
No. of debt securities
247
183
192
 
* Includes the number of transfers of listing from GEM to Main Board
 
Securities Market Turnover (Main Board and GEM)
Sep 2012
Aug 2012
% Change
Monthly turnover ($Mil.) *
1,047,442
1,007,537
4%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) *
52,372
43,806
20%
No. of trading days
20
23
-
 
* Turnover value for traded in non-HKD currency securities have been included start from 29 November 2010
Turnover by Type of Securities (Main Board and GEM) 
Sep 2012
($Mil)
Aug 2012
($Mil)
% Change
Equities
779,143.92
(74.4%)
710,119.84
(70.5%)
9.7%
Derivative warrants
121,232.21
(11.6%)
128,214.29
(12.7%)
-5.4%
CBBC
103,355.49
(9.9%)
129,718.46
(12.9%)
-20.3%
Debt securities
156.20
(0.0%)
(less than 0.1%)
223.32
(0.0%)
(less than 0.1%)
-30.1%
 
( ) % of market total
Turnover value for traded in non-HKD currency securities have been included start from 29 November 2010
Mainland Enterprises (Main Board and GEM)
Month-end figures
Sep 2012
Sep 2011
End 2011
No. of H shares
171
164
168
No. of Red chips Stocks
108
103
107
No. of Mainland private enterprises
431*
353
365
Market capitalisation (% of market total)
56.4%
54.9%
55.5%
Turnover value (% of equity turnover)
67.2%
66.6%
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
 
Sep 2012
% Change
over 1 Month
% Change
over 12 Months
S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index
24927.48
7.1%
17.4%
S&P/HKEx GEM Index
348.25
-0.9%
-21.1%
Hang Seng Index
20840.38
7.0%
18.5%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index#
9831.62
5.9%
10.3%
Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index*
4081.79
7.0%
20.4%
 
# - tracks H shares
* - tracks Red chips
 
Derivatives Market Turnover
Average Daily Volume (Contracts)
Sep 2012
Aug 2012
% Change
Total Futures
187,277
160,988
16.3%
Hang Seng Index Futures
80,939
70,633
14.6%
Mini Hang Seng Index Futures
31,950
31,176
2.5%
H-shares Index Futures
66,357
51,620
28.5%
Mini H-shares Index Futures
5,405
4,667
15.8%
HSI Dividend Point Index Futures
188
283
-33.6%
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
1,110
1,650
-32.7%
HSI Volatility Index Futures 1
4
7
-42.9%
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
1,216
953
27.6%
3-Month HIBOR Futures
0
0
-
1-Month HIBOR Futures
0
0
-
3-Year Exchange Fund Note Futures
0
0
-
USD/CNH Futures 6
217
0
-
Gold Futures
0
0
-
Total Options
300,182
261,380
14.8%
Hang Seng Index Options
39,746
30,421
30.7%
Mini Hang Seng Index Options
5,225
4,491
16.3%
Flexible Hang Seng Index Options
10
87
-88.5%
H-shares Index Options
30,749
20,416
50.6%
Flexible H-shares Index Options
8
61
-86.9%
Stock Options
224,444
205,904
9.0%
Total Futures and Options
487,459
422,368
15.4%
 
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)
Sep 2012
Aug 2012
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
760,470
646,258
17.67%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
70,681
63,688
10.98%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
362
299
21.07%
Average daily settlement efficiency of CNS stock positions on due day (T+2)
99.90
99.91
N/A
Shares deposited in the CCASS depository
– % of total issued shares
– % of the total market capitalisation

69.98%
50.71%

70.16%
50.15%

N/A
N/A
DCASS Statistics (derivatives market)
Sep 2012
Aug 2012
% Change
Month-end Open Interest (contracts)
     
– Equity Index Futures
357,089
319,142
11.9%
– Stock Futures
10,353
15,403
-32.8%
– Interest Rates Futures
5
65
-92.3%
– RMB Currency Futures
1,076
0
-
– Gold Futures
0
0
-
– Equity Index Options
988,510
940,643
5.1%
– Stock Options
4,658,740
5,937,367
-21.5%
 
Year-to-date Statistics
Securities Market
Sep 2012
YTD
Sep 2011
YTD
% Change
No. of newly listed companies # 
49
69
-29%
Average daily turnover by value ($Mil.) ^
53,143
73,236
-27%
Average share traded per trading day (Mil. Shares)
140,794
162,501
-13%
Average no. of trades per trading day
765,782
878,590
-13%
Fund raised by IPOs ($Mil.)
44,652
194,372
-77%
Total funds raised (including IPOs) ($Mil.)*
195,313
362,789
-46%
Derivatives Market
Sep 2012
YTD
Sep 2011
YTD
% Change
Average daily volume (contracts)
     
– Equity Index Futures
189,783
202,244
-6.2%
– Stock Futures
1,120
1,872
-40.2%
– Interest Rates Futures
1
3
-66.7%
– RMB Currency Futures
217
0
-
– Gold Futures
-
20
-
– Equity Index Options
67,057
64,712
3.6%
– Stock Options
224,880
309,103
-27.2%
Clearing & Settlement
Sep 2012
YTD
Sep 2011
YTD
% Change
Average daily number of exchange trades handled by CCASS
765,433
877,976
-12.82%
Average daily number of settlement instructions (SIs) settled by CCASS
72,051
86,117
-16.33%
Average daily number of investor SIs (ISIs) settled by CCASS
331
510
-35.10%
 
# Includes the number of transfers of listing 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 30 September 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
222,384
2012/09/25
190,052
2012/09/25
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
702,719
2012/09/26
Stock Futures
27,966
2007/03/28
26,482
2011/08/25
HSCEI Dividend Point Index Futures
20,802
2012/05/24
73,105
2012/09/12
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