Hang Seng

HSIHong Kong

25,937.49▲+7.12%over 1 month

The main Hong Kong index, and the most accessible read on sentiment toward Chinese equities.

Price history

Last close 2026-08-10

Return by period

1M▲+7.12%

3M▼-1.78%

6M▼-4.87%

1Y▲+4.14%

5Y▼-2.80%

Risk

Trailing year

Annualised volatility19.2%

Largest drawdown-18.9%

Period high27,968.09

Period low22,671.86

Position in range

Trailing year

62%

of the way from the year’s low to its high.

22,671.8627,968.09

Reported context

Written by sonar-pro

Recent reporting says the Hang Seng Index has been moving around the 25,000–26,000 level, with one MarketWatch quote showing 25,448.16 on 7 August and another showing 25,937.49 on 10 August, while the month performance measures in the sources vary between -0.59%, 5.27% and 6.11%. News coverage says Hong Kong stocks recently rose on Wednesday and Friday, with Xinhua and China Daily HK reporting gains of 0.24% to 25,915.82 and The Standard reporting a 0.5% rise to 25,668 after stronger Chinese export data. Trading Economics said one session was lifted by a positive Wall Street lead, while weaker Chinese economic data, renewed US-China technology tensions, and later profit-taking and geopolitical concerns were cited as weighing on the market in other sessions.

Sources

Generated from the figures on this page and published reporting. It describes what has been reported and is not advice, a recommendation, or a forecast. Written 11 Aug, 15:01 UTC.

Reported context

What these figures mean

Written by gpt-5.4-mini

Over the trailing year, the instrument rose by 3.0%, but the path was uneven: the annualised volatility of 19.2% means its price has typically moved around a fair amount rather than staying close to one level. The largest peak-to-trough fall of -18.9% means that, at one point in the period, it dropped 18.9% from a previous high before recovering, which is a sizeable setback in practical terms. With a period high of 27,968.09 and a period low of 22,671.86, the current price being 56% of the way from the low to the high means it sits a little above the middle of that range.

A plain-English restatement of the calculated figures shown above, with no external information used. Written 11 Aug, 14:43 UTC.

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Figures are calculated from closing prices and exclude dividends, coupons and the cost of rolling futures contracts. Volatility is annualised using 252 trading days. Past movement describes what happened and implies nothing about what happens next.