Jin Rong Jie·2025-08-19 14:25Group 1 - The core index, the China Hong Kong Stock Connect Preferred 50 Index (CESP50), experienced a slight decline of 0.07%, closing at 3117.65 points with a trading volume of 66.23 billion yuan [1] - Over the past month, the CESP50 index has increased by 0.73%, by 5.95% over the last three months, and has risen by 24.41% year-to-date [1] - The index is designed to reflect the overall performance of the top 50 blue-chip securities listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the "Hong Kong Stock Connect" program [1] Group 2 - The top ten holdings of the CESP50 index include Tencent Holdings (11.09%), HSBC Holdings (10.24%), Alibaba-W (9.77%), Xiaomi Group-W (6.26%), China Construction Bank (6.09%), AIA Group (5.19%), Meituan-W (4.85%), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (3.62%), China Mobile (3.58%), and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (3.36%) [1] - The index's holdings are entirely composed of stocks from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with the financial sector representing 39.27%, consumer discretionary 23.55%, communication services 17.45%, information technology 8.45%, energy 3.90%, real estate 3.31%, utilities 1.66%, consumer staples 1.02%, industrials 0.83%, and healthcare 0.56% [2]