Category: HK Stocks

New auto index launched in HK stock market with constituents including BYD, NIO, XPeng, Li Auto

The Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited launched the Hang Seng Automobile Index today with a year-to-date return of about 9 percent.

A new index is now available for investors who wish to track the performance of the Chinese auto industry chain in the stock market.

The Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited (HSI) today announced the launch of three new indices, including the Hang Seng Automobile Index.

"The Hang Seng Automobile Index aims to reflect the overall performance of companies that are engaged in the value chain of automobile production, and are listed in Hong Kong," the description on the HSI website reads.

The new index -- calculated and disseminated in real-time at two-second intervals -- had a return of 9.26 percent for the year to last Friday. As of press time, the index was up 0.69 percent today.

The Hang Seng Automobile Index has a fixed component of 30 stocks and will be reviewed every six months.

The index's current constituents include car companies such as BYD, NIO, , , Leapmotor, , Great Wall Motors, and GAC Group, as well as suppliers such as LK Technology and Fuyao Glass.

The description page on the HSI website does not provide information on the weighting of these constituents in the index.

The index has a base period of December 31, 2019, with a base value of 3,000 points and is currently quoted at 3,272.24 points.

At press time, NIO was down 2.3 percent to HK$63.60 in Hong Kong, XPeng down 2.03 percent to HK$38.55, Li Auto down 0.96 percent to HK$113, BYD was flat and Leapmotor was up 1.47 percent to HK$34.55.

Hang Seng Automobile Index

Stock CodeConstituent Name
A SharesB SharesH SharesRed ChipsOthers
1958BAIC MOTOR
9888BIDU - SW
710BOE VARITRONIX
1211BYD COMPANY
285BYD ELECTRONIC
489DONGFENG GROUP
3606FUYAO GL ASS
2238GAC GROUP
1772GANFENG LITHIUM
175GEELY AUTO
2333GREATWALL MOTOR
179JOHNSON ELEC H
148KINGBOARD HLDG
9863LEAPMOTOR
2015LI AUTO - W
558LK TECH
425MINTH GROUP
1316NEXTEER
9866NIO - SW
1478Q TECH
20SENSETIME - W
3808SINOTRUK
2382SUNNY OPTICAL
819TIANNENG POWER
9696TIANQI LITHIUM
3898TIMES ELECTRIC
2338WEICHAI POWER
868XINYI GLASS
9868XPENG - W
1585YADEA

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