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Financial and Monetary Affairs
Statistics on Securities Market (Main Board and GEM)
2011
2012
2013
Number of listed companies (year-end)
1,496
1,547
1,643
Total market capitalisation (year-end) ($ billion)
17,537
21,950
24,043
Total equity funds raised ($ billion)
490
305
379
Total securities market turnover ($ billion)
17,154
13,301
15,265
Total number of shares traded (billion)
39,907
33,968
34,440
Number of derivative warrants (DWs)
4,027
3,747
4,715
listed (year-end)
Turnover of DWS ($ billion)
2,630
1,646
1,783
Number of Callable Bull/Bear Contracts (CBBCs)
901
1,214
1,620
listed (year-end)
Turnover of CBBCs ($ billion)
1,852
1,533
1,269
Number of ETFs listed (year-end)
77
100
116
Turnover of ETFs ($ billion)
545
522
903
In the derivatives market, around 130 million futures and options contracts were traded in 2013, 8.5 per cent more than in 2012. Trading of major derivatives products included Hang Seng Index (HSI) Futures with total turnover of 19.6 million contracts; H-shares Index Futures with total turnover of 20.9 million contracts; HSI Options with total turnover of 8.6 million contracts; H-shares Index Options with total turnover of 8 million contracts; and Stock Options with total turnover of 60.8 million contracts.
Statistics on Derivatives Market Turnover (million contracts)
2011
2012
2013
All options and futures contracts
140
120
130
Of which:
HSI Futures
23
20
20
H-shares Index Futures
15
16
21
HSI Options
11
9
9
H-shares Index Options
4
6
8
Stock Options
74
56
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At the end of 2013, there were 29 automated trading services providers, comprising mainly foreign exchanges and regulated entities, authorised by the SFC to provide automated trading services in Hong Kong. Automated trading services are services provided by means of electronic facilities, not being facilities provided by a recognised exchange company or a recognised clearing house, to transact or settle transactions in securities or futures contracts.
Securities and Futures Commission
The SFC is the statutory regulator of Hong Kong's securities and futures markets. The SFC's work is defined and governed by the Securities and Futures Ordinance and broadly speaking can be
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