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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (, also 港交所; abbreviated as '''HKEX''' ; ) is the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong . With a total Market Capitalization of over US$ 2.124 trillion as of as of July 12 2007, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ranks fifth in the world by Market Capitalization of listed companies (see List Of Stock Exchanges for complete rankings). Hong Kong Exchanges And Clearing is the holding company for the exchange.


HISTORY


The history of the securities exchange began formally in the late .. Systems as such were added to meet the increased popularity of online Stock trading.






































































































Association of Stockbrokers in Hong Kong (Founded 1891)



(1914) Renamed to Hong Kong Stock Exchange



(1947) A merger is made after World War II with Hong Kong Stock Exchange retaining the name

Hong Kong Stockbrokers Association (Founded 1921)


Hong Kong Stockholders Association Ltd (Founded 1978) allow info sharing between '''HKSE''' and other exchanges

Far East Exchange Ltd (Founded 1969) Kam Ngan Stock Exchange Ltd (Founded 1971) Kowloon Stock Exchange Ltd (Founded 1972)


(1986) HKSE merges with other exchanges and retain the name but also presented as '''Stock Exchange of Hong Kong'''



(2000) Hong Kong Exchanges And Clearing becomes the holding company for '''Hong Kong Stock Exchange'''

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Ltd (Founded 1976) Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Ltd (Founded 1989)



BUSINESS

Trading Hours: From 10:00am to 12:30pm and from 2:30pm to 4:00pm
:(Summer: From 10:00pm to 12:30am and from 2:30am to 4:00am New York time)
:(Winter: From 9:00pm to 11:30pm and from 1:30am to 3:00am New York time)


40 LARGEST STOCKS BY MARKET CAPITALISATION

''Source: Bloomberg, in billions of Hong Kong dollars, Data updated on 20 January 2007 ''

# Industrial & Commercial Bank Of China - $1,720.49
# PetroChina - $1,713.23
# HSBC Holdings - $1,654.82
# China Mobile - $1,411.83
# Bank Of China - $1,175.62
# China Life Insurance - $1,114.84
# China Construction Bank - $1,074.01
# Sinopec Corp - $769.91
# Manulife Financial - $404.27
# Bank Of Communications - $392.54
# China Shenhua Energy - $364.51
# Hutchison Whampoa - $342.78
# China Telecom - $317.25
# Standard Chartered - $315.76
# CNOOC - $290.30
# Sun Hung Kai Properties - $249.18
# China Merchants Bank - $245.62
# Cheung Kong Holdings - $244.12
# Ping An Insurance Group Of China - $230.77
# Bank Of China (Hong Kong) Holdings - $225.73
# Hang Seng Bank - $215.27
# Foxconn International Holdings - $171.45
# CLP Holdings - $140.52
# Swire Pacific - $136.98
# China Communications Construction - $128.69
# China Unicom - $127.27
# China Netcom - $121.84
# MTR Corporation - $116.24
# Esprit Holdings - $98.82
# Hong Kong & China Gas - $96.29
# Henderson Land Development - $94.99
# Hong Kong Exchanges And Clearing - $94.60
# Huaneng Power International - $90.30
# Hutchison Telecommunications International - $89.84
# Hang Lung Properties - $88.23
# Sino Land - $87.78
# Cathay Pacific Airways - $84.21
# Aluminium Corp of China - $84.08
# Air China - $84.02
# Li & Fung - $82.17


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