The Hong Kong Stock Exchange, also referred to as HKEX, is located in Hong Kong, China. HKEX is the world’s leading exchange in terms of market capitalization, even surpassing the Chicago Mercantile Exchange of the US. At the end of 2020, HKEX’s total market value was HK $47 trillion. HKEX is known to be Asia’s fastest-growing stock exchange. So how many stocks are there in Hong Kong? What are some of the top stocks with the highest prices and the largest market capitalization? Here’s some quick intro from Thevalueway.com.
As of October 31, 2021, according to our research, the total number of shares currently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Market is: 2284+396=2680. You might be surprised by this equation on the left, but let me explain. The 2,284 is actually the number of stocks listed on the main board of Hong Kong, whose stock code begins with 01-06, 09. On the other hand, 396 is the number of stocks listed on the Growth Enterprise Market in Hong Kong, and its stock trading symbol begins with 08.
Currently, the stock with the highest share price in Hong Kong is: Zai Ding Pharmaceutical (再鼎医药, trading symbol: 09688), the share price is about HK $812. Zaiding Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical holding company headquartered in Shanghai, China. Ranked second is Bilibili-SW (哔哩哔哩, ticker symbol: 09626), its share price: HK $588. Tencent Holdings (腾讯控股, trading symbol: 00700) has the largest floating market capitalization in Hong Kong with a market capitalization of HK $4.6 trillion, followed by Meituan-W (美团, ticker symbol: 03690) with a market capitalization of HK $1.6 trillion.