The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) announces that starting from 22 February 1999, its "Daily Trading Activity and Open Positions Summary Report" will be available for public reference on its web site http://www.hkfe.com under "datastat/data".

This represents another milestone in HKFE's efforts to make available market data to market practitioners, the media and members of the public.

A preliminary version will be uploaded to the web site at around 9:30 pm the same day, and this will be replaced by a final report at around 3:00 am the following day.

These reports provide data on all the futures and options products currently traded at HKFE on either the open outcry system or the Automated Trading System (ATS).

Meanwhile, a report on the market share data on Hang Seng Index futures has recently been introduced on HKFE's web site. It gives the aggregate performance of the top 10 HKFE Members as a percentage in terms of both open interests and number of contracts traded----both in the past week and in the past month. It also gives the total past-week and past-month turnover of this product as a percentage relative to the stock market.

As an important indicator of the level of market activities, open interest is an important factor in mapping out trading strategies.

For further enquiries, please contact HKFE Corporate Communications Manager Miss Chiu Yeung on 2842 9322.