Market index
Hang Seng Index
Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index. Dominated by mainland Chinese companies, it is sensitive to policy and regulatory shifts and serves as the window on how foreign capital prices Chinese risk.
Hang Seng Index latest observations
- Observed
- 2026-11-09
- Latest
- 24,516 pt
- Change from previous
- ▲ +34.24 pt
Check the observation dates in both the summary and chart; release and refresh times can differ.
At a glance
Hang Seng Index: latest value and prior change
As of 2026-11-09, Hang Seng Index is 24,516 pt. It is 34.24 pt higher than 24,482 pt on 2026-11-06.
Across 179 available observations from 2026-02-16 to 2026-11-09, the latest value is at the tie-adjusted 26th percentile.
- Observed on
- Default comparison window
- 2026-02-16–2026-11-09
- Observations · observed cadence
- 179 · Daily
- Data source
- Naver Finance
A high or low percentile does not by itself make the indicator positive, negative, or a buy or sell signal.
2026-08-14 → 2026-11-09 · pt
- First
- 25,117 pt
- 2026-08-14
- Latest
- 24,516 pt
- 2026-11-09
- Window low
- 22,935 pt
- 2026-10-22
- Window high
- 26,009 pt
- 2026-08-21
The horizontal axis follows observation order; calendar intervals may differ. High and low refer to observed values within this window, not intraday or all-time extremes. Ties show the first observation date.
Time-series chart
Hang Seng Index
2026-02-16–2026-11-09
Long-history series are stored as real provider observations. Index, FX, VIX, and ratio charts use historical backfill where providers expose it; Korean investor flow and margin-credit feeds expand as stable historical endpoints become available.
Recent observations and calculated changes
The ten latest chart observations. Change subtracts the previous observation; intervals vary with holidays, release schedules and missing data. A difference in rates or ratios is not an investment return.
| Observed | Value | Previous date | Difference (current − previous) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-09 | 24,516 pt | 2026-11-06 | 34.24 pt |
| 2026-11-06 | 24,482 pt | 2026-11-05 | -315.1 pt |
| 2026-11-05 | 24,797 pt | 2026-11-04 | 877.5 pt |
| 2026-11-04 | 23,920 pt | 2026-11-03 | 393.5 pt |
| 2026-11-03 | 23,526 pt | 2026-11-02 | 132.7 pt |
| 2026-11-02 | 23,393 pt | 2026-10-30 | 98.90 pt |
| 2026-10-30 | 23,294 pt | 2026-10-29 | 335.8 pt |
| 2026-10-29 | 22,959 pt | 2026-10-28 | -136.2 pt |
| 2026-10-28 | 23,095 pt | 2026-10-27 | 53.51 pt |
| 2026-10-27 | 23,041 pt | 2026-10-26 | -170.5 pt |
Source: Naver Finance
Interpretation guide
The Hang Seng Index: a real-time window on China risk appetite
The Hang Seng Index tracks about eighty large caps on the Hong Kong exchange. With mainland Chinese companies like Tencent and Alibaba making up over half its weight, it works as global capital's live price tag on Chinese assets — and it trades during Korean market hours, which few overseas benchmarks do.
What the index contains
Financials, platform technology, and property dominate the index. Unlike the mainland's Shanghai market, foreign money moves freely in Hong Kong, so overseas investors' verdict on Chinese policy and growth shows up here faster and larger than in mainland indexes.
- The Hang Seng lagging the Shanghai Composite badly signals foreign investors avoiding China.
- China-specific policy risk — platform regulation, property distress — drives much of the volatility.
- The Hong Kong dollar's US peg transmits American rates directly into Hong Kong liquidity.
The link to the Korean market
China is Korea's largest trading partner, so the Hang Seng tends to move with Korean sectors that depend on Chinese revenue — chemicals, steel, cosmetics, duty-free. Because it trades in real time during Korean hours, it often foreshadows afternoon flow shifts in Seoul.
- Sharp Hang Seng drops recurringly precede afternoon foreign selling in Korea.
- Korean China-consumption themes trade on the same catalysts as Hang Seng consumer names.
- Watch CNY/KRW alongside it to see whether China risk is also transmitting through the FX channel.
Uses and misreads
For long stretches the Hang Seng trades on policy hopes and foreign positioning rather than Chinese fundamentals. Reading a bounce as a China recovery is the classic mistake.
- Spikes right after stimulus announcements frequently retrace; wait for trend confirmation.
- If Korean China plays don't follow a Hang Seng bounce, treat it as a positioning rally.
- When Shanghai and the Hang Seng diverge, first ask whether mainland and foreign investors disagree.