Noteworthy Market Statistics on 22 January 2008
Statistics
22 Jan 2008
The following statistics are made available in response to media enquiries:
Securities market
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The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (H-shares index) closed at 11911.91 today, down 1619.54 points, or 11.97 per cent. It was the largest point decline ever and the fourth largest percentage decline. |
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Today’s securities market turnover value was $156,055 million. |
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Today’s turnover values for H-share and red-chip companies were $68,347 million and $22,132 million respectively. |
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Today’s derivative warrants turnover was $19,456 million. |
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A total of 1,049,264 trades were concluded today. (The record high was 1,201,263 on 3 October 2007) |
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Today’s closing market capitalisation* was $16,148 billion. The previous trading day’s (21 January 2008) closing market capitalisation was $17,674 billion. |
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Top 10 HSI point declines in history |
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Up to 22 January 2008 |
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Rank |
Date |
HSI Closing |
Change (points) |
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1 |
22/01/2008 |
21757.63 |
(2061.23) |
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2 |
05/11/2007 |
28942.32 |
(1526.02) |
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3 |
28/10/1997 |
9059.89 |
(1438.31) |
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4 |
16/01/2008 |
24450.85 |
(1386.93) |
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5 |
21/01/2008 |
23818.86 |
(1383.01) |
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6 |
17/04/2000 |
14762.37 |
(1380.39) |
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7 |
05/01/2000 |
15846.72 |
(1226.10) |
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8 |
23/10/1997 |
10426.30 |
(1211.47) |
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9 |
21/11/2007 |
26618.19 |
(1153.02) |
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10 |
16/11/2007 |
27614.43 |
(1136.78) |
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Top 10 H-shares Index point declines in history |
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Up to 22 January 2008 |
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Rank |
Date |
H-shares Index Closing |
Change (points) |
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1 |
22/01/2008 |
11911.91 |
(1619.54) |
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2 |
05/11/2007 |
18291.20 |
(1248.93) |
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3 |
12/11/2007 |
16656.91 |
(1047.17) |
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4 |
21/01/2008 |
13531.45 |
(1029.87) |
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5 |
16/01/2008 |
14016.12 |
(983.78) |
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6 |
22/10/2007 |
18808.98 |
(913.40) |
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7 |
21/11/2007 |
15993.50 |
(873.88) |
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8 |
08/11/2007 |
17716.86 |
(835.27) |
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9 |
16/11/2007 |
16737.73 |
(747.73) |
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10 |
01/09/1997 |
5604.02 |
(745.67) |
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Top 10 H-shares Index percentage declines in history |
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Up to 22 January 2008 |
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Rank |
Date |
H-shares Index Closing |
Change (%) |
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1 |
12/01/1998 |
1932.69 |
(16.18) |
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2 |
02/09/1997 |
4917.02 |
(12.26) |
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3 |
07/01/1998 |
2557.56 |
(12.17) |
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4 |
22/01/2008 |
11911.91 |
(11.97) |
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5 |
01/09/1997 |
5604.02 |
(11.74) |
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6 |
13/01/1999 |
1422.03 |
(11.48) |
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7 |
28/10/1997 |
3125.97 |
(10.83) |
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8 |
23/10/1997 |
3291.63 |
(10.01) |
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9 |
28/08/1998 |
1008.68 |
(9.57) |
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10 |
05/03/1998 |
2822.05 |
(8.93) |
Derivatives market
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Record High (contracts) |
Previous Record (contracts) |
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Mini-Hang Seng Index futures |
57,554 (22 January 2008) |
50,051 (17 January 2008) |