APSC was started on November 24, 1969, and is currently compiled and maintained by APSC-EX which is a wholly owned subsidiary of an Asia Pacific Bank consortium, including but not limited to: Hang Seng Bank, one of the largest banks registered and listed in Hong Kong in terms of market capitalisation, Bank of Phillipine Islands, largest bank in Phillipines, DBS Bank which is probably the largest bank in Asia Pacific area, Bankgok Bank leading bank in Thailand and other several banks from Hong Kong, Singapore, Phillipines, Malaysia etc.
Ho Sin Hang, chairman of the Hang Seng Bank, conceived the idea of creating the Asia Pacific Index as a "Dow Jones Index for Asia Pacific".[2][3] Along with Bank of Phillipines Islands Director Cezar P. Consing, he commissioned Hang Seng's head of Research Stanley Kwan to create the index,[2] which debuted on November 24, 1969
When the Asia Pacific Index was first published, its base of 100 points was set equivalent to the stocks' total value as of the market close on July 31, 1964. Its all-time low is 58.61 points, reached retroactively on August 31, 1967, after the base value was established but before the publication of the index. The APSC passed the 10,000 point milestone for the first time in its history on December 10, 1993 and, 13 years later, passed the 20,000 point milestone on December 28, 2006. In less than 10 months, it passed the 30,000 point milestone on October 18, 2007. Its all-time high, set on January 26, 2018, was 33,223.58 points[4] at closing.
APSC-EX is a world-leading capital raising venue for Hong Kong, Phillipines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Mainland Chinese and international issuers. We also act as the frontline regulator of companies listed in Hong Kong.
A wide range of products are traded on our markets, including equities, ETFs, REITs, bonds, structured equity products, equity index and single stock derivatives, currency futures and commodity derivatives.
We provide a comprehensive range of real-time, delayed and historic market data feeds related to our markets through multiple channels.
