Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
香港聯合交易所
Logo of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, owner of SEHK
The now-defunct floor trading lobby in 2007
TypeStock exchange
LocationCentral District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°17′03″N 114°09′28″E / 22.28414°N 114.15768°E / 22.28414; 114.15768
Founded3 February 1891 (1891-02-03) (as Association of Stockbrokers in Hong Kong)
21 February 1914 (1914-02-21) (as Hong Kong Stock Exchange)
OwnerHong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
Key people
CurrencyHong Kong dollar
No. of listings2,538 (2020)
Market capHK$31 trillion US$4.0 trillion (2023)
Websitehkex.com.hk
Hang Seng Index (2001–2022)
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese香港聯合交易所
Simplified Chinese香港联合交易所
SEHK
Traditional Chinese聯交所
Simplified Chinese联交所

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (香港交易所, SEHK, also known as Hong Kong Stock Exchange) is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. As of the end of 2020, it had 2,538 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of HK$47 trillion.[1] It is reported as the fastest growing stock exchange in Asia.[2]

The stock exchange is owned (through its subsidiary Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited) by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), a holding company that it also lists (SEHK388) and that in 2021 became the world's largest bourse operator[3] in terms of market capitalization, surpassing Chicago-based CME. A 2021 poll reported that approximately 57% of Hong Kong adults had money invested in the stock market.[4] The physical trading floor at Exchange Square was closed in October 2017.[5]

  1. ^ "HKEX Monthly Market Highlights". hkex.com.hk. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Top 10 Asian Stock Markets In 2017 – WEALTH". WEALTH. 29 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong stock exchange operator world's largest after toppling Chicago's CME". South China Morning Post. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ Ng, Michelle (18 August 2021). "Hong Kong tops world for retail share traders". Fund Selector Asia. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ^ "End of an era for HK trading floor". BBC News. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

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