List of Contents the Year 2001 in Review Major Events Of
List of Contents The year 2001 in review Major events of Hong Kong securities market 2001 Market highlights Cash market - Main board Cash market - Growth enterprises market (GEM) Derivatives market Clearing statistics Exchange participants The investing community Hong Kong securities market historical events Appendices The Year 2001 in Review The Year THE YEAR 2001 IN REVIEW With the US economy entering a recession, the Hong Kong economy continued to slow down during the year 2001. The latest economic forecast for Hong Kong expected zero real GDP growth for the year. Labour market conditions continued to worsen with the economic downturn and corporate downsizing. The unemployment rate surged to 6.1% in December 2001. The Composite Consumer Price Index continued to decline, decreasing by 3.6% in the year. The Hong Kong stock and future markets weakened overall during the year. The Hang Seng Index ended the year at 11,397, 24% below the 2000 closing. The average daily turnover of the stock market (Main Board and GEM) during the year was HK$8.1 billion. With a total market capitalization of HK$3,946.3 billion (Main Board and GEM) as at the end of 2001, Hong Kong was the 10th largest stock exchange in the world and the second in Asia. Following the formation and listing of HKEx in 2000, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and HKEx signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in February 2001, which formalised the SFC’s oversight of HKEx, the supervision of Exchange participants and market surveillance. HKEx’s year-end closing price was HK$11.85 compared to HK$17.9 in 2000.
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