Markets

How to read these quotes

Prices on this page follow the Hong Kong convention: a rise is shown in red and a fall in green — the reverse of most Western markets. The Hang Seng Index, HSTECH, the SSE Composite and the SZSE Component all trade in Hong Kong or mainland China, so the local colour scheme applies; the US indices and gold futures keep the same layout so the whole table reads the same way.

Every value is an index level, not a share price. The change column shows points first and percent second, both measured against the previous close, so a 300-point move on the Hang Seng and a 300-point move on the Dow are not comparable — check the percentage.

Quotes are pulled from Yahoo Finance and can lag the exchange by 15 minutes or more, which matters most around the open, the close and any announcement day. Nothing here is a live trading feed: use it as a reference, not as a signal, and note that it is not investment advice. Markets in Hong Kong close on public holidays, so a flat or frozen quote on a holiday is expected rather than a fault.

• Index — the benchmark name and its ticker symbol.
• Last — the most recent index level, delayed.
• Change — points and percent against the previous close.
• Time — last update from the exchange; “stale” means a cached value is being shown.