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 listings2,617 (June 2024)
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
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggǎng Liánhé Jiāoyìsuǒ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHēunggóng Lyùhnhahp Gāauyihksó
JyutpingHoeng1gong2 Lyun4hap6 Gaau1jik6so2
SEHK
Traditional Chinese聯交所
Simplified Chinese联交所
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLián Jiāo Suǒ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLyùhn Gāau Só
JyutpingLyun4 Gaau1 So2

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 June 2024, it had 2,617 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of HK$32.1 trillion.[1] It was reported as the fastest growing stock exchange in Asia in 2017.[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. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. 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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