Hong Kong's stock market capitalisation reached an all-time high of HK$13.979 trillion (US$1.8 trillion) on February 22, according to Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.
A turnover of HK$80.859 billion in 639,520 trades was recorded on February 28, the highest ever.
That same day saw 54,579 Hang Seng Index Options contracts and 7,954 stock futures contracts transactions - both daily records.
At the end of February, the total market capitalisation was HK$13.224 trillion, up 44% from a year earlier. The number of listed companies had risen 3.25%, to 1,176.
The market capitalisation of Mainland enterprises accounted for 49.2% of the total at the end of February, up from 41.3% for the same period last year. Their turnover value rose to 63.1% from 57.2%.
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