Question

Part I: Below is a typical stock quote from a typical stock table:HSBC Holdings (HKSE:0005.HK)

Note: ttm means trailing twelve months
Volatility is measured as [(52wk highest price – 52wk lowest price)/current price]x100

Required:

1. What is the name of the stock exchange where HSBC Holdings was traded according to the above table?

2. How much would you have to pay for one board lot of HSBC Holdings if you bought the stock at 9:44 am on August 11th?

3. What was the closing price for HSBC Holdings on August 10th?

4. How many shares of HSBC Holdings were traded since the market opened on August 11th?

Last Trade Aug.11, 11.44 am: 74.65	Change ↓1.85 (- 1.42%)	Prev Cls 76.5	Volume 29,311,831	Div Pay. N/A
Day’s Range 74.5 – 75.3	Bid: 74.65Ask: 74.70	Open 75.10	Avg. Vol. (3 mos.) 27,736,358	Ex-Div 2016-10-20
52-week Range 53.85 – 79.55	EPS (ttm) 0.54	P/E (ttm) 137.53	Mkt. Cap. 1.45 T	DPS (2016) 0.4
Board Lot 400	Volatility N/A	Beta 0.85	Book NAV 175.386 B	Div Yield 5.06%

5. How many shares of HSBC Holdings were traded on average over the past three months?

6. How much did HSBC Holdings earn per share in the last year?

7. According to the table, if you bought 400 shares of HSBC Holdings at the lowest price of the year and sold at the highest price for the year, how much money would you make?

8. Go to http://finance.yahoo.com and look-up 0005.HK. Under interactive Charts, click- on “+Add Indicator simple moving average (SMA) 20-day”. Is HSBC Holdings above or below its 20-day moving average? What about its 50-day moving average?
   Print both charts.

9. Who is currently the Chairman of HSBC Holdings?

Answer 1

1) Honkong Stock Exchange

2) 29860

3) 76.5

4) 29,311,831 shares

5) 27,736,358 shares

6) EPS = 0.54

7) (79.55 - 53.85)*400 = Profit of 10280

8) HSBC Holdings is below its 20 day MA. refer image 1.

9) in case of 50 MA, HSBC is trading at much lower level than 20 day MA. Refer image 2.

10) Current chairman of HSBC holdings is John Flint.

Image 1.

Image 2.