The Zhitong Finance App learned that on November 5, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange released an overview of the October market. The total market value of the securities market was $42.4 trillion (HK$, same below) at the end of October 2026, and the average daily turnover in October was $180.7 billion. The average daily turnover for the first ten months of 2026 was $263.8 billion, up 2% from $258.2 billion in the same period last year. The average daily turnover of Bull and Bear Certificates in the first ten months was 12 billion yuan, up 15% from 10.4 billion yuan in the same period last year.
The average daily turnover of exchange-traded funds in the first ten months of 2026 was $37.1 billion, up 8% from $34.3 billion in the same period last year.
The average daily turnover of leveraged and inverse products in the first ten months of 2026 was $9.5 billion, up 164% from $3.6 billion in the same period last year.
There were 121 newly listed companies (including 2 listed companies that moved from GEM to the main board) in the first ten months of 2026, up 49% from 81 companies (including 1 listed company that moved from GEM to the main board and 1 merger and acquisition transaction for a special purpose acquisition company) in the same period last year.
The amount of initial public offering capital raised in the first ten months of 2026 (including initial listing capital raised through the sale of subscription securities, existing securities, and securities for placement) was 403.9 billion yuan, an increase of 84% over the same period last year.
The total amount of capital raised in the first ten months of 2026 was 753.8 billion yuan, up 47% from 511.1 billion yuan in the same period last year.
Thirty debt securities were listed in October 2026, raising a total capital equivalent to HK$104.6 billion.
The total amount of capital raised in debt securities in the first ten months of 2026 was HK$834 billion, and a total of 240 debt securities were listed.
Derivatives market
The average daily volume of futures and options for the first ten months of 2026 was 1,705,381 contracts, up 1% from 1,696,752 contracts in the same period last year.
The average daily trading volume of stock index futures for the first ten months of 2026 was 595,810 contracts, up 5% from 568,701 in the same period last year.
The average daily trading volume of stock index options for the first ten months of 2026 was 131,070 contracts, up 14% from 115,461 in the same period last year.
On October 16, 2026, the volume of US dollar gold futures reached a record high of 30,132 contracts.
On October 2, 2026, the weekly trading volume of Hang Seng China Enterprise Index options reached a record high of 56,630 contracts.
On October 30, 2026, the weekly trading volume of Hang Seng Tech Index options reached a record high of 20,002 contracts.
