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Hong Kong stock exchange is one of the chief components in the Hong Kong Financial Market. It is the seventh biggest stock exchange besides being one of the busiest of its kind in the world. In terms of market capitalization it is the fifth biggest in the world.
As per the figures available on the 12th of July 2007 the total market sales of capital stocks in the Hong Kong stock exchange have been more than US$ 2.124 trillion. The Hong Kong stock exchange is also called the HKEX, SEHK.
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing is the main controlling organization of the Hong Kong stock exchange. The following companies have the most valuable stocks in the Hong Kong stock market:
- Bank of Communications
- Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
- China Life Insurance
- PetroChina
- China Construction Bank
- HSBC Holdings
- Sinopec Corp
- China Mobile
- Manulife Financial
- Bank of China
Following are the biggest firms that are listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange:
- Golden Harvest
- Agile Property
- Cheung Kong Holdings
- Bank of China (Hong Kong)
- Hang Seng Bank
- Cathay Pacific
- Foxconn
- Bank of East Asia
- HAECO
- China Oilfield Services
Following are the most prominent investors in the Hong Kong financial market:
- Dell
- Amgen
- Chalco
- Café de Coral
- China Mobile
- Applied Materials
- Champion REIT
- Air China
- Geely Automobile
- Bank of Communications
Following are the products available in the Hong Kong securities market:
- Equity
- Unit Trust or Mutual Funds
- Equity Warrants
- Debt Securities
- Exchange Traded Funds
Following are some Equity Index products:
- FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Futures
- H-shares Index Futures
- FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Options
- H-shares Index Options
- Hang Seng China H-Financials Index Futures
- Mini-Hang Seng Index Futures
- Hang Seng Index Futures
- Mini-Hang Seng Index Options
- Hang Seng Index Options
The government bond market in Hong Kong is one of the best local currency bond markets in the continent of Asia, which could be accessed by investors, both offshore as well as from Hong Kong itself.