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Google Finance was first launched by Google on March 21, 2006. The service featured business and enterprise headlines for many corporations including their financial decisions and major news events. Stock information was available, as were Adobe Flash -based stock price charts which contained marks for major news events and corporate actions.
History. 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". Along with Hang Seng Director Lee Quo-wei, he commissioned Hang Seng's head of Research Stanley Kwan to create the index in 1964, the index was initially used for internal reference in the Hang Seng Bank, they debuted the index on November 24, 1969.
The Association was renamed the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1914. A second exchange, the Hong Kong Stockbrokers' Association was incorporated in 1921. The two exchanges merged to form the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1947 and re-establish the stock market after the Second World War.
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Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index has surged more than 7% in April as the best-performing major index in the world. It’s now heading into a bull market, rebounding nearly 20% from its ...
As one of the top five financial centres worldwide, Hong Kong has one of the highest concentrations of banking institutions in the world, with 70 of the largest 100 banks in the world having an operation in Hong Kong. As of 2019, there were 164 licensed banks, 17 restricted licence banks and 13 deposit-taking companies in business, constituting ...
Economy of Hong Kong Central and Victoria Harbour of Hong Kong Currency Hong Kong dollar (HKD) Fiscal year 1 April – 31 March Trade organisations APEC, WTO, Group of Twenty (Chinese delegation), One Belt One Road, AIIB and ICC etc. Country group Developed/Advanced High-income economy Statistics Population 7,498,100 (2023) GDP $407 billion (nominal, 2024) $570 billion (PPP, 2024) GDP rank ...
Financial Secretary. The Financial Secretary ( Chinese: 財政司司長) is the title held by the Hong Kong government minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters (“Department of Finance” per Article 60 of the Basic Law ). The position is among the three most senior Principal Officials of the Government, second only ...