The Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited launched the Hang Seng Automobile Index today with a year-to-date return of about 9 percent.

A new index is now available for investors who wish to track the performance of the Chinese auto industry chain in the stock market.

The Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited (HSI) today announced the launch of three new indices, including the Hang Seng Automobile Index.

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"The Hang Seng Automobile Index aims to reflect the overall performance of companies that are engaged in the value chain of automobile production, and are listed in Hong Kong," the description on the HSI website reads.

The new index -- calculated and disseminated in real-time at two-second intervals -- had a return of 9.26 percent for the year to last Friday. As of press time, the index was up 0.69 percent today.

The Hang Seng Automobile Index has a fixed component of 30 stocks and will be reviewed every six months.

The index's current constituents include car companies such as , , , , Leapmotor, Geely, Great Wall Motors, and GAC Group, as well as suppliers such as LK Technology and Fuyao Glass.

The description page on the HSI website does not provide information on the weighting of these constituents in the index.

The index has a base period of December 31, 2019, with a base value of 3,000 points and is currently quoted at 3,272.24 points.

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    At press time, Nio was down 2.3 percent to HK$63.60 in Hong Kong, Xpeng down 2.03 percent to HK$38.55, Li Auto down 0.96 percent to HK$113, BYD was flat and Leapmotor was up 1.47 percent to HK$34.55.

    Hang Seng Automobile Index

    Stock CodeConstituent Name
    A SharesB SharesH SharesRed ChipsOthers
    1958BAIC MOTOR
    9888BIDU - SW
    710BOE VARITRONIX
    1211BYD COMPANY
    285BYD ELECTRONIC
    489DONGFENG GROUP
    3606FUYAO GL ASS
    2238GAC GROUP
    1772GANFENG LITHIUM
    175GEELY AUTO
    2333GREATWALL MOTOR
    179JOHNSON ELEC H
    148KINGBOARD HLDG
    9863LEAPMOTOR
    2015LI AUTO - W
    558LK TECH
    425MINTH GROUP
    1316NEXTEER
    9866Nio - SW
    1478Q TECH
    20SENSETIME - W
    3808SINOTRUK
    2382SUNNY OPTICAL
    819TIANNENG POWER
    9696TIANQI LITHIUM
    3898TIMES ELECTRIC
    2338WEICHAI POWER
    868XINYI GLASS
    9868XPENG - W
    1585YADEA