Noteworthy Market Statistics on 5 March 2007
Statistics
05 Mar 2007
The following statistics are made available in response to media enquiries:
Securities market
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The Hang Seng Index (HSI) closed at 18664.88 today, down 777.13 points, the ninth largest point decline in history. It was the largest point decline since 12 September 2001 when the index was down 923.74 points.
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Today’s securities market turnover value was $72,767 million, the fifth largest ever.
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Today’s derivative warrants and callable bull/bear contracts turnover were $11,180.87 million and $100.70 million.
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A total of 580,498 trades were concluded today (Record high - 28 February 2007: 639,520).
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Today’s closing market capitalisation was $12,366,853,039,465. The previous trading day’s (2 March 2007) closing market capitalisation was $12,986,358,324,667.
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Top 10 HSI point declines in the past 12 months
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Rank
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Date
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HSI Closing
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Change (points)
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1
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2007/03/05
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18664.88
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(777.13)
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2
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2006/11/28
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18639.53
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(564.48)
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3
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2006/05/22
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15805.52
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(507.84)
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4
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2007/02/28
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19651.51
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(496.36)
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5
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2007/02/13
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20132.25
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(461.16)
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6
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2006/05/15
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16494.84
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(407.01)
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7
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2007/01/26
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20281.13
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(388.70)
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8
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2007/01/04
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20025.58
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(387.81)
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9
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2006/06/13
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15234.42
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(387.02)
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10
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2006/06/08
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15450.11
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(366.44)
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Top 10 HSI percentage declines in the past 12 months
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Rank
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Date
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HSI Closing
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Change (%)
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1
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2007/03/05
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18664.88
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(4.00)
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2
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2006/05/22
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15805.52
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(3.11)
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3
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2006/11/28
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18639.53
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(2.94)
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4
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2006/06/13
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15234.42
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(2.48)
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5
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2007/02/28
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19651.51
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(2.46)
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6
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2006/05/15
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16494.84
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(2.41)
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7
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2006/06/08
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15450.11
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(2.32)
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8
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2007/02/13
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20132.25
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(2.24)
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9
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2006/05/18
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16266.52
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(2.10)
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10
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2007/01/04
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20025.58
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(1.90)
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Top 10 HSI point declines in history
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Rank
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Date
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HSI Closing
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Change (points)
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1
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1997/10/28
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9059.89
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(1,438.31)
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2
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2000/04/17
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14762.37
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(1,380.39)
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3
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2000/01/05
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15846.72
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(1,226.10)
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4
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1997/10/23
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10426.30
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(1,211.47)
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5
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1987/10/26
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2241.69
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(1,120.70)
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6
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2001/09/12
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9493.62
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(923.74)
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7
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1996/03/11
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10397.45
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(820.34)
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8
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1994/01/06
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11374.50
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(793.43)
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9
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2007/03/05
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18664.88
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(777.13)
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10
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1998/01/12
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8121.06
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(773.58)
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Top 10 daily turnover values in history
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Up to 5 March 2007
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Daily turnover value
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Main Board
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GEM
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Market total
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Rank
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($)
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($)
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($)
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Date
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1
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80,494,243,192
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364,791,539
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80,859,034,731
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2007/02/28
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2
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79,002,608,619
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N/A^
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79,002,608,619
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1998/08/28
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3
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76,511,093,925
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169,553,998
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76,680,647,923
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2007/01/04
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4
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76,008,136,096
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154,877,338
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76,163,013,434
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2006/10/27
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5
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72,443,608,270
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323,129,000
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72,766,737,270
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2007/03/05
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6
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70,652,543,597
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172,113,005
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70,824,656,602
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2007/01/05
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7
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64,778,202,202
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344,353,479
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65,122,555,681
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2007/02/27
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8
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64,811,738,997
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301,474,991
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65,113,213,988
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2007/02/08
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9
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64,241,668,020
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289,006,864
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64,530,674,884
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2007/01/18
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10
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64,035,362,805
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200,866,921
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64,236,229,726
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2007/01/10
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^ GEM was launched in November 1999.
Derivatives market
The Stock Futures and HSI Options turnover reached record high today.
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Record High (contracts)
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Previous Record (contracts)
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Stock Futures
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10,562
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7,954 ( 28 Feb 2007)
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HSI Options
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62,909
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54,579 ( 28 Feb 2007)
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