Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission, or SFC, said in its latest financial review of the securities industry that the city’s brokerage sector posted solid growth in the first half of 2026, with net profit rising 21% to HK$51.7 billion. The report also showed that total net commission income and interest income from securities trading, futures and options trading, leveraged foreign exchange trading, and virtual asset trading increased 13% to HK$45.4 billion, up from HK$40.1 billion in the second half of 2025. Within that mix, commission income reported from virtual asset trading moved in the opposite direction. The figure came in at HK$99.3 million in the first half of 2026, down HK$15.5 million from HK$114.8 million in the second half of 2025. That represented a 13.5% decline on a half-over-half basis, according to the SFC report cited by Odaily.
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission published a financial review of the securities industry showing solid growth in the city’s brokerage sector in the first half of 2026. Net profit rose 21% to HK$51.7 billion.
The report said total net commission income and interest income from securities trading, futures and options trading, leveraged foreign exchange trading, and virtual asset trading increased 13%, rising from HK$40.1 billion in the second half of 2025 to HK$45.4 billion in the first half of 2026.
Commission income reported from virtual asset trading totaled HK$99.3 million in the first half of 2026. That was HK$15.5 million lower than the HK$114.8 million reported for the second half of 2025, marking a 13.5% half-over-half decline.
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