Hang Seng Index

/ hæŋ sɛŋ /

noun

1. an index of share prices based on an average of 33 stocks quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hang Seng Index¹

name of a Hong Kong bank

Example Sentences

Global markets were little changed Friday, with the Stoxx Europe 600 flat, Japan’s Nikkei 225 edging up 0.2% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index nudging down 0.3%.

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Shares in the Hong Kong-listed company have lost about one-third of their value this year, compared with the benchmark Hang Seng Index’s nearly 30% gain over the same period.

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Li Auto’s shares in Hong Kong have shed more than 20% of their value so far this year, compared with the Hang Seng Index’s nearly 30% gain.

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Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index ended up 2.0%, with Alibaba Group 9988 4.67%increase; green up pointing triangle adding 4.7% after its Qwen, an AI app aiming to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, hit 10 million downloads within one week of its public beta launch.

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Year to date, Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index is up about 29%.

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