Hong Kong SFC Releases Securities Industry Financial Review Report: Virtual Asset Trading Commission Income Down 13.5% Quarter-on-Quarter

PANews October 10 news: The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission released a financial review report on the securities industry, disclosing that Hong Kong's securities industry recorded solid growth in the first half of this year, with net profits increasing 21% to HK$51.7 billion. Total net commission income from securities trading, futures and options trading, leveraged foreign exchange trading, and virtual asset trading, together with interest income, increased 13% from HK$40.1 billion in the second half of 2025 to HK$45.4 billion in the first half of 2026. In addition, the total commission income reported from virtual asset trading in the first half of 2026 was HK$99.3 million, a decrease of HK$15.5 million from HK$114.8 million in the second half of 2025, down 13.5% quarter-on-quarter.