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Financial and Monetary Affairs

Statistics on Securities Market (Main Board and GEM)

2016

2017

2018

Number of listed companies (year end)

1,973

2,118

2,315

Total market capitalisation (year end)

24,761

33,999

29,909

($ billion)

Total equity funds raised ($10 billion)

49

58

54

Total securities market turnover ($ billion)

16,396

21,709

26,423

Total number of shares traded (billion)

45,612

44,283

55,647

Number of derivatives warrants (DWs)

3,705

6,094

6,763

listed (year end)

Turnover of DWs ($ billion)

2,727

3,008

3,866

Number of callable bull/bear contracts

1,844

3,374

2,847

(CBBCs) listed (year end)

Turnover of CBBCs ($ billion)

1,372

1,189

1,837

Number of ETFs listed (year end)

133

106

115

Turnover of ETFs ($ billion)

1,011

1,065

987

Total turnover of derivatives contracts in 2018 was 296.18 million, the highest ever and about 38 per cent more than in 2017. Open interest at the year end was about 10.6 million contracts. Trading of major derivatives products included Hang Seng Index (HSI) Futures, with a total turnover of 57.67 million contracts; Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures with a turnover of 37.45 million contracts; HSI Options with a turnover of 12.72 million contracts; Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options with a turnover of 24.26 million contracts; and Stock Options with a turnover of 127.28 million contracts.

Statistics on Derivatives Market Turnover (million contracts)

2016

2017

2018

All options and futures contracts

188

215

296

Of which:

HSI Futures

32

31

58

Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures

33

29

37

HSI Options

9

10

13

Hang Seng China Enterprises

19

20

24

Index Options

Stock Options

74

106

127

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