Hang Seng Index


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Hang Seng Index

(hæŋ sɛŋ)
n
(Stock Exchange) an index of share prices based on an average of 33 stocks quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
[name of a Hong Kong bank]
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Hang Seng Index

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I believe the Hang Seng index can well rise to 31,000 by year end if China's stimulus programme offsets poor sentiment related to the trade war.
Banking giant HSBC, which accounts for the largest weighting of the Hang Seng Index, declined 1.08 percent to 59.25 HK dollars.
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The benchmark Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong declined 283.84 points to 22,450.06 on turnover of HK$77.25 billion.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong added 0.21 per cent, or 49.13 points, to 23,082.25 on turnover of HK$71.44 billion ($9.20 billion).
At midday, the Hang Seng Index was down 0.5% at 23,375.5 points after closing on Monday at its highest since early February.
For the last four years Hang Seng index has been within the ascending channel, represented with light blue solid lines in chart 1.
Shares of United Energy closed flat in Hong Kong on Wednesday, against a 1.9 percent drop in the benchmark Hang Seng Index.
In mid-afternoon, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was up 1.3 percent and the Shanghai Composite Index 2.0 percent.
Hang Seng index options beat the previous record for contracts traded in 2007 by 8.6% with 8,129,698 contracts traded in 2010; Mini-Hang Seng index options were up 60% on 2009's record figures at 458,654 contracts traded.