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Ho Sin Hang, chairman of the Hang Seng Bank, conceived the idea of creating the Hang Seng Index as a "Dow Jones Index for Hong Kong". [4] [5] Along with Hang Seng Director Lee Quo-wei, he commissioned Hang Seng's head of Research Stanley Kwan to create the index in 1964, [4] the index was initially used for internal reference in the Hang Seng Bank, they debuted the index on November 24, 1969.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 76 points, or 0.2%, while the Nasdaq composite added 0.4% to its own record set a day earlier. On the losing end of Wall Street was U.S. Steel, which fell 8%.
The stock was down -8.49% to trade at $857.81 per share in the afternoon session as of 1:16 p.m. ET. 12:54 p.m. ET: Stocks lose steam after strong morning gains Here were the main moves in markets ...
The stock price of the company, which helps businesses manage their customers, jumped 11%. Marvell Technology leaped even more after delivering better results than expected, up 23.2%.
The two exchanges merged to form the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1947 and re-establish the stock market after the Second World War. Rapid growth of the Hong Kong economy led to the establishment of three other exchanges – the Far East Exchange in 1969; the Kam Ngan Stock Exchange in 1971; and the Kowloon Stock Exchange in 1972.
The Hong Kong securities market can be traced back to 1866, but the stock market was formally set up in 1891, when the Association of Stockbrokers in Hong Kong was established. [8] It was renamed as The Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1914. By 1972, Hong Kong had four stock exchanges in operation.
The company was established in 2015 when Cheung Kong Holdings spun off its property holdings into a separate company as part of a restructuring. [1] CK Asset Holdings began trading on 3 June 2015. [2]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 47 points, or 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.3%. The bond market was also mixed after a report said the inflation that U.S. consumers felt last ...