The Zhitong Finance App learned that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (00388) announced the third quarter results. Group CEO Chen Yiting said that in the face of heightened macroeconomic uncertainty and continued market fluctuations, the belief in striving to build a deeper and richer multi-asset ecosystem has been strengthened. The latest results also reflect the continued growth momentum of the market, fully demonstrating the resilience of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange business and further enhancing confidence in the long-term development and competitiveness of the Hong Kong market.
She said that in the first three quarters of this year, the Group's revenue and other earnings and profit reached new highs over the same period. The spot market, derivatives market, and commodity market transactions were active, reflecting the beginning of the results of deepening the diversified asset ecosystem. The Group actively grasps opportunities for global investors to adjust capital allocation strategies, and actively promotes various strategic initiatives through listing system reform, market infrastructure optimization, and new product launches to enhance market liquidity, expand market participation, and strengthen connectivity between different asset classes.
She mentioned that in the third quarter, the Group made a number of important developments, including reviewing the competitiveness of the listing mechanism, introducing the first Chinese treasury bond futures listed on an offshore market exchange, simplifying each trading unit in the Hong Kong stock market, and welcoming the first batch of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to track the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's new cross-market index.
HKEx announced its quarterly results for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 at noon today. Revenue and other revenue for the third quarter were HK$7.867 billion, up 1% year on year; profit attributable to shareholders was HK$4.859 billion, down 1% year on year. It is worth noting that due to factors such as inflation concerns, uncertain trends in US interest rates, and weakening momentum in AI-related stocks, the overall average daily turnover for the third quarter fell 11% from the third quarter of 2025, and also fell 12% from the second quarter of 2026, which reached a record high.