The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) on Friday said that funds raised through initial public offerings (IPOs) for the first eight months of 2026 were 342.4 billion HK dollars (about 43.67 billion U.S. dollars), up 153 percent from the same period last year.
Data showed that there were 106 newly listed companies for the first eight months of 2026, a year-on-year increase of 80 percent.
The average daily turnover for the first eight months of 2026 was 282.5 billion HK dollars, an increase of 14 percent compared with the same period last year.
By the end of August, the HKEX had 2,761 listed companies with a total market capitalization of about 47.2 trillion Hong Kong dollars.
Hong Kong's IPO fundraising up 153 pct in first 8 months
International media on Saturday and Sunday visited the core disaster area of mudslide-hit Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
The reporters from the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Brazil among other countries and regions visited the area and learned about the disaster situation, ongoing rescue operations, and progress in recovery and reconstruction.
"China has this particular the capacity to address this kind of crisis. You have thousands of workers trained for this and you have machines made for this kind of efforts. And of course, our heart goes to them for the kind of work they are putting," said KJM Varma Mokanda, a reporter from Press Trust of India.
The mudslide, triggered by a high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal on Aug 26, had left 43 people dead and 519 others missing at the border port as of 18:00 Saturday, the emergency response and rescue headquarters told a press conference on Sunday.
As of 18:00 Saturday, more than 2,500 people and over 500 vehicles had been deployed for the rescue, and more than 1,000 flights of drones had air-dropped 5.43 tons of supplies, officials said at the press conference.
International media visit mudslide-hit Gyirong Port
