Highlights
- CES SCHK100, which represents large cap stocks eligible for Southbound trading under Stock Connect, rose 1.4 per cent and was the best-performing broad-based index that tracks Mainland and Hong Kong Stocks
- Macau’s gaming revenue rose 7.4 per cent year-on-year in September. CES G10 surged 15.2 per cent from the previous month and 51.4 per cent from its 2016 low in January
- Performances of the world’s major benchmarks diverged, with UK stocks at the top and Mainland A shares trailing behind. CES A80, representing the Mainland’s blue chips, ended the month down 1.8 per cent.
- CSRC removed limits on equity investment by QFII and RQFII to facilitate investment by foreign institutions
- Mainland permission for domestic insurance funds to participate in Stock Connect’s Southbound trading prompted flows of Mainland funds into Hong Kong stocks
- ADV and open interest of offshore A-share stock index futures retreated in September
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