HKEX announces record half-yearly revenue of HK$8.2billion (+32% YoY)

HKEX reached a number of milestones in the first half of the year including strong growth in trading volumes, +67% YoY and +58% YoY in the cash market and futures and options respectively. The first WVR company and pre-revenue Biotech companies under the new regime listed and HKEX reached a consensus with Mainland exchanges on the inclusion of WVR companies in Stock Connect South Bound trading.  And Stock Connect continued to gather momentum after the expansion of the daily quota in May and the inclusion of A-shares in MSCI Emerging Market Index in June.

Link: https://www.hkex.com.hk/News/News-Release/2018/1808212news?sc_lang=en

http://www.hkex.com.hk/-/media/HKEX-Market/News/News-Release/2018/180808news/1808083news.pdf

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