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The Hang Seng Composite Index is a stock market index of
the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK, also known as Hong Kong Stock Exchange) is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. As of the end of 2020, it has 2,538 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of HK$47 trillion. It is repor ...
and was launched in 2001. It offers an equivalent of Hong Kong market benchmark that covers around the top 95th percentile of the total market capitalisation of companies listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (“SEHK”). Its index calculation adopts the freefloat-adjusted market capitalisation methodology, and can be used as a basis for index funds, mutual funds as well as performance benchmarks. Its arguable that the composite index is a better reflection on the overall market performance than the more popular Hang Seng Index, which only cover 50 stocks as opposed to over 480 stocks in the composite index.Just how accurate a picture of the Hong Kong stock market does the Hang Seng Index really give us?, SCMP 2017-02-15, Retrieved 2018-05-30
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Sub-index

The Hang Seng Composite Index can be further dividend into 2 group of indexes : 1 on industry sector and 1 on market capitalisation.


Industry sector index series

There are 11 sub-indexes per industry sector: *Energy *Materials *Industrial Goods *Consumer Goods *Consumer Services *Telecommunications *Utilities *Financials *Properties & Construction *Information Technology *Conglomerates


Market capitalisation index series

There are 3 indexes on market capitalisation :LargeCap, MidCap and SmallCap Indexes, which cover the top 80%, the next 15% and the remaining 5% respectively of the total market capitalisation of the Hang Seng Composite Index. *Hang Seng Hong Kong LargeCap Index *Hang Seng Hong Kong MidCap Index *Hang Seng Hong Kong SmallCap Index


See also

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Hang Seng Index The Hang Seng Index (HSI) is a freefloat-adjusted market- capitalization-weighted stock-market index in Hong Kong. It is used to record and monitor daily changes of the largest companies of the Hong Kong stock market and is the main indicator ...


References


External links

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Official website of Hang Seng Composite Index
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