Hong Kong Exchange Shatters Half-Year Records Amid Market Resurgence

 

For the six months ending in mid-2025, Hong Kong’s stock market operator posted an impressive HK$8.52 billion in profit—roughly a 40% uptick year-over-year—driven by a bustling trading environment and a renewed wave of IPO activity.
Revenue climbed sharply to HK$14.1 billion, rising 33% from last year. Shareholders received an interim dividend hike from HK$4.36 to HK$6, while earnings per share improved to HK$6.74 from HK$4.84.
Trading volume soared, with average daily turnover increasing 122% to HK$222.8 billion—a reflection of the deepening engagement across cash equities, derivatives, and cross-border Stock Connect schemes. Notably, mainland Chinese buyers—via south-bound trading—nearly tripled their activity. The surge extended to capital markets, with the exchange experiencing a record wave of IPO submissions and listings.
Boosted by this financial boom, the Hang Seng Index rose nearly 25% year-to-date—the result of reinvigorated interest in Chinese assets from global investors, even as geopolitical and tariff-related headwinds persist.