Hong Kong Stock Exchange

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has a market capitalization of over US $1.87 trillion and ranks seventh in the world stock exchanges.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is located in Central and inside the building Exchange Square.

Products of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

The products offered by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are issued by the securities and the derivatives market.

The following are the products of the Hong Kong Securities Market

• Equity

The equity securities are basically of two types that are issued by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. They are ordinary and preference shares.

• Derivative Warrant Resource Center

The Derivative Warrant Resource Center confirms the information provided by the Derivative market. They are not responsible for any loss that may arise out of inaccuracy of information.

• Callable Bear or Bull Contracts
  

The Callable Bear or Bull Contracts are structured products. This keeps track of the performances of the underlying asset. This does not require the investors to pay the full price that is required to purchase the actual asset. The investors who enter such a contract take either a bullish or a bearish position. These contracts have fixed expiry dates that are issued by a third party, generally an investment bank.

• Listed Equity Linked Instruments

The Listed Equity Linked Instruments are structured products that are issued by banks and other financial institutions. These products are tailored for retail and institutional investors who want to earn an interest rate higher than the rate of the ordinary time deposits. There are three types of ELIs that are traded in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and they are Bull , Bear and Range.

* Exchange Traded Funds
* Unit Trust or Mutual Funds
* Bonds
* Pilot Program for trading US securities

The derivative market products include the Risk Disclosure Statement, Equity Index Products, Equity Products, Fixed income and interest rate products.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange Profile

Address: 1/F One and Two Exchange Square, Central Hong Kong

Telephone 852 2522-1122

Website : http://www.hkex.com.hk/

Trading Hours
From 10:00am to 12:30pm and from 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Holidays The day following the first day of January (Jan 2), The day preceding Lunar New Year's Day (Jan 28), The second day of the Lunar New Year (Jan 30), The third day of the Lunar New Year (Jan 30), Ching Ming Festival (Apr 5), Good Friday (Apr 14), The day following Good Friday (Apr 15), Easter Monday (Apr 17), Labour Day (May 1), The Buddha's Birthday (May 5), Tuen Ng Festival (May 31), Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (Jul 1), The day following National Day (Oct 2), The day following Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (Oct 7), Chung Yeung Festival (Oct 30), Christmas Day (Dec 25), and The first weekday after Christmas Day (Dec 26)

Securities
Equities, derivative warrants, ETF's, bonds, stock and index options, and futures.

Trading System
Automatic Order Matching and Execution System 'AMS/3'

 

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