What Is the Hang Seng Index?

The Hang Seng Index, an important indicator of Hong Kong stock market prices. The index is calculated from the market value of several constituent stocks (ie, blue chip stocks) and represents 63% of the 12-month average market cap coverage of all listed companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The subsidiary Hang Seng Index Co., Ltd. is responsible for the calculation and quarterly review, and announces the adjustment of constituents.

Hang Seng Index

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Hang Seng Index uses July 31, 1964 as the base day, the base point is 100 points, and 30 are selected
Since mid-2003, Hang Seng
Today's Hang Seng Index calculation formula:
  • CI (Current Index): current index
  • YCI (Yesterday's Closing Index): Last Day Closing Index
  • P (t): present
    The Hang Seng Index is a stock index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It opens with the opening of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The daily opening time of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is fixed. The original trading hours were 10: 00-12: 30, and 14: 30-16: 00. Since March 7, 2011, the trading hours of the Hang Seng Index will be connected to the mainland in stages. The first stage will open the morning market time to 9:15, and the market will be closed for 1 hour at 12:00. The trade started and closed at 16:15. The evening trading started at 17:15, and the entire market was closed at 23:45.
    The latest trading time is 9: 15-12: 00, 13: 00-16: 30, 17: 15-23: 45.

    Introduction to Hang Seng Index

    The constituent stocks of the Hang Seng Index have broad market representation, and their total market value accounts for about 90% of the total market capitalization of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In order to further reflect the price trends of various types of stocks in the market, the Hang Seng Index began to publish four sub-indices in 1985, including 33 constituent stocks in four sub-indices of industry and commerce, finance, real estate and public utilities.

    Hang Seng Index Selection Principles

    The selection principles of the Hang Seng Index constituent stocks are as follows.
    (1) Select according to the market value of stocks, which must belong to the listed stocks that account for 90% of the total market value of all listed ordinary shares of the Stock Exchange (the market value refers to the average of the past 12 months).
    (2) Select according to the size of the turnover, which must belong to the list of stocks that account for 90% of the turnover of all ordinary shares listed on the Stock Exchange (the turnover refers to the total turnover in the past 24 months).
    (3) Must be listed on the Stock Exchange for more than 24 months.
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    After the initial selection of qualified stocks according to the above criteria, the sample stocks are finally selected according to the following criteria:
    (1) Ranking of the company's market value and turnover.
    (2) The proportions of the four sub-indices in the Hang Seng Index need to reflect the market situation in general.
    (3) The company has a huge business in Hong Kong.
    (4) The financial status of the company.

    Hang Seng Index Stock Selection

    The constituent stocks of the Hang Seng Index must be listed on the Main Board and listed in Hong Kong. If it is a state-owned enterprise stock, it only needs to meet one of the following points.
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    · The H-share company's share capital is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with national corporate shares.
    The H-share company needs to complete the share reform and has no non-tradable share capital.
    · Newly listed H-share companies do not have unlisted equity.
    · Must be listed in the first 90% of the total market value of all ordinary shares (except H shares) listed on the Stock Exchange (the market value refers to the average over the past year);
    Must be listed in the top 90% of the turnover of all ordinary shares (except H shares) listed on the Stock Exchange (the turnover refers to the evaluation of each of the total transactions in the past two years divided into eight quarters); or Large stocks that have been listed on the Exchange for two years or meet the relevant listing requirements for less than two years are included in the Hang Seng Index guidelines.

    Hang Seng Index New Shares

    Hang Seng Service Co., Ltd. announced on June 30, 2006 that the number of constituents will be increased from 33 to 38 (including 33 non-H shares and 5 H shares), and announced on February 9, 2007 The number of H shares and non-H shares will not be fixed at the holding level. [3]
    Large-cap stocks listed less than two years ago included in Hang Seng Index Guidelines
    Average market capitalization of large-cap stocks when reviewing the index Minimum time to market
    Fifth or more
    3 months
    Sixth to fifteen
    6 months
    Sixteenth to twentieth
    12 months
    Twenty-first to twenty-five
    18 months
    Below twenty-five
    24 months
    After the selection is qualified, the final selection will be accepted according to the following three criteria:
    · Ranking of the company's market value and turnover;
    Whether the proportion of different industries in the Hang Seng Index can reflect the distribution of the stock market;
    · The company's financial situation.
    If any index constituent stock of the Hang Seng Index is suspended for one month, the constituent stock will be removed from the index. In very special circumstances, for example, the constituent stock is considered to be very likely to resume trading within a short period of time before it may be retained in the index. [4]
    HSI constituent stocks (with code) (as of April 9, 2015)
    [5] Index and constituent stocks-Hong Kong Index constituent stocks Hang Seng Index.
    Code name
    00001.HK Changhe
    00002.HK CLP Holdings
    00003.HK Hong Kong and China Gas
    00004.HK Wharf Group
    00005.HK HSBC Holdings
    00006.HK Power Industry
    00011.HK Hang Seng Bank
    00012.HK Henderson Land
    00013.HK Hutchison Whampoa
    00016.HK Sun Hung Kai Properties
    00017.HK New World Development
    00019.HK Swire Pacific
    00023.HK Bank of East Asia
    00027.HK Galaxy Entertainment
    00066.HK MTR Corporation
    00083.HK Sino Land
    00101.HK Hang Lung Properties
    00135.HK Kunlun Energy
    00144.HK China Merchants International
    00151.HK China Want Want
    00267.HK CITIC
    00291.HK China Resources Ventures
    00293.HK Cathay Pacific
    00322.HK Master Kong Holdings
    00386.HK China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
    00388.HK Hong Kong Stock Exchange
    00494.HK Li & Fung
    00688.HK China Overseas Development
    00700.HK Tencent Holdings
    00762.HK China Unicom
    00823.HK The Link Real Estate Fund
    00836.HK China Resources Power
    00857.HK China National Petroleum Corporation
    00883.HK China National Offshore Oil
    00939.HK China Construction Bank
    00941.HK China Mobile
    01044.HK Hengan International
    01088.HK China Shenhua
    01109.HK China Resources Land
    01299.HK AIA
    01398.HK ICBC
    01880.HK Belle International
    01928.HK Sands China Limited
    02318.HK Ping An of China
    02319.HK Mengniu Dairy
    02388.HK BOC Hong Kong
    02628.HK China Life Insurance
    03328.HK Bank of Communications
    03988.HK Bank of China

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