Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published its HKEx Fact Book 2003,which presents a comprehensive picture of the performance of the securities and derivatives markets in 2003, including statistics on the markets and the clearing houses, and information on listed company activity. This year, the new content includes the performance of the S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index and the S&P/HKEx GEM Index, and fund-raising figures for H-share and red-chip companies.

The publication is available on the HKEx website at http://www.hkex.com.hk, and it is free of charge.