There are 90 companies in the Hang Seng Index. But not all of them matter equally.

The truth about Hong Kong’s most important stock market benchmark is that a small group of companies — capped at a maximum 8% weighting each — essentially determine where the entire index goes. Three companies alone account for nearly 24% of the index. The top 10 represent more than half of it.

So which Hang Seng Index stocks actually drive performance? Which ones should every investor understand before putting money into an HSI ETF or Hong Kong-listed shares? And what does the full ranking — from the smallest weighted constituent in the top 25 all the way to the undisputed #1 — reveal about what this index really is?

This article counts them all down. Starting from #25 and building to the most important Hang Seng Index stock of all, here is your complete guide to the 25 biggest constituents by weight as of the March 2026 quarterly review.

What Is the Hang Seng Index?

Before the countdown begins, a quick primer for new investors. The Hang Seng Index (HSI) is Hong Kong’s primary stock market benchmark — equivalent in function to the S&P 500 in the United States or the FTSE 100 in the United Kingdom. It tracks the performance of the largest and most liquid companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX).

Originally launched in 1969 with just 33 stocks, the index now covers 90 constituents as of the March 2026 quarterly review. No single company can exceed 8% of the index’s weighting — a cap designed to prevent mega-cap companies from completely overwhelming the benchmark.

Now, let’s count them down.

Every Hang Seng Index Stock Ranked by Weight

CLP Holdings is one of Hong Kong’s largest power companies, supplying electricity to the majority of residents and businesses in Kowloon and the New Territories. Founded in 1901, it is one of the oldest blue-chip companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Despite its relatively modest weighting in the Hang Seng Index, CLP is a defensive anchor stock — the kind of company that tends to hold its value during market turbulence because people need electricity regardless of economic conditions. Its operations extend beyond Hong Kong into mainland China, Australia, India, and Southeast Asia.

For investors, CLP represents stability over growth. It is a dividend-paying utility with predictable cash flows, making it a popular holding for income-focused portfolios. Its inclusion in the Hang Seng Index adds a layer of defensive diversification to what is otherwise a growth and finance-heavy benchmark.

WuXi Biologics is one of Asia’s leading contract biologics research and manufacturing organizations, providing end-to-end services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide. The company helps drug developers bring new biologic medicines from the lab to commercial production.

WuXi Biologics has faced significant investor scrutiny in recent years, particularly due to US regulatory and legislative pressure related to Chinese biotech companies. The proposed BIOSECURE Act in the United States raised concerns about future revenue from US-based pharmaceutical clients, leading to sharp share price volatility.

Despite these headwinds, WuXi Biologics remains a strategically important company in the global pharmaceutical supply chain and a rare healthcare representative in the Hang Seng Index. It gives the HSI limited but meaningful exposure to the global biologics and drug development sector — an area of secular long-term growth as the global population ages.

BOC Hong Kong (Bank of China Hong Kong) is a regional commercial banking subsidiary of the Bank of China, one of China’s four major state-owned banks. It operates primarily in Hong Kong and Macau, providing retail banking, corporate lending, trade finance, and foreign exchange services.

BOC Hong Kong plays a strategically important role as one of three note-issuing banks in Hong Kong — alongside HSBC and Standard Chartered — giving it a unique and prestigious position in the local financial system. It also serves as a key channel for renminbi (RMB) business in the city, benefiting from Hong Kong’s role as the world’s largest offshore RMB market.

As a pure-play Hong Kong banking stock, BOC HK’s performance closely tracks the city’s economic health, interest rate environment, and its relationships with mainland China. It offers a lower-risk, dividend-yielding alternative to holding direct exposure to the more volatile mainland banking giants.

CK Hutchison Holdings is one of Hong Kong’s most iconic corporate conglomerates, built by billionaire Li Ka-shing and now operated by his son Victor Li. The group spans a remarkable range of industries: ports, retail, telecommunications, infrastructure, energy, and property.

At its peak, CK Hutchison was considered the definitive Hong Kong blue-chip stock — a symbol of the territory’s entrepreneurial, globally-connected economy. Its holdings include the world’s largest port operator (Hutchison Ports), health and beauty retail chain Watson’s, and telecom operations across Europe.

In 2025, CK Hutchison announced a landmark deal to sell its global port assets — including the Panama Canal ports — to a BlackRock-led consortium, a transaction that generated significant geopolitical attention. The move marked a strategic pivot away from physical infrastructure and became one of the most discussed corporate transactions in Asia in recent years.

Techtronic Industries (TTI) is a Hong Kong-headquartered manufacturer of power tools, outdoor power equipment, and floor care products. Its brands include Milwaukee Tool, Ryobi, and AEG — names that are widely recognized by professional tradespeople and DIY enthusiasts across North America, Europe, and Australia.

TTI is an unusual member of the Hang Seng Index because most of its revenue comes from markets outside Asia, particularly the United States. Its Milwaukee Tool brand has become one of the most respected professional tool brands in the world, commanding premium pricing and strong brand loyalty in the trades and construction industries.

The company’s growth story has been one of the most impressive in the Hang Seng Index over the past decade — driven by a relentless focus on cordless tool innovation and battery platform development. TTI gives the Hang Seng Index meaningful exposure to North American consumer and professional spending trends, which is uncommon among HSI constituents.

Baidu is China’s dominant search engine — often described as the Google of China — and has evolved aggressively into one of the country’s most important artificial intelligence companies. It operates the most-used search platform in mainland China, commanding well over 60% of the domestic search market.

Beyond search, Baidu has made massive investments in AI. Its Ernie Bot (now branded as ERNIE) is one of China’s leading large language models, competing with international AI systems in the domestic market. Baidu’s Apollo platform is one of China’s most advanced autonomous driving research programs, with robotaxi services operating in multiple Chinese cities.

For Hang Seng Index investors, Baidu represents a direct bet on China’s AI ambitions and the continued monetization of China’s vast internet user base. While Baidu has faced competitive pressure from newer platforms like Douyin (ByteDance) eating into time spent online, its AI pivot and autonomous driving efforts give it a credible long-term growth narrative.

China Merchants Bank (CMB) is widely regarded as China’s best-managed joint-stock commercial bank and is often described as the Goldman Sachs of Chinese retail banking. Unlike the state-owned Big Four banks (ICBC, CCB, Bank of China, ABC), CMB operates with greater commercial flexibility and has built a powerful reputation for retail banking excellence and wealth management.

CMB is particularly well-known for its wealth management business — serving China’s growing high-net-worth individual segment — and for its highly rated credit card operation under the brand ‘CMB Life.’ Its private banking division is considered among the most sophisticated in mainland China.

For investors, CMB is often considered the highest-quality bank stock in the Hang Seng Index because of its superior return on equity, lower non-performing loan ratios, and stronger fee income growth compared to state-owned peers. It is the bank that China’s most discerning investors tend to favor when they want banking sector exposure.

China Life Insurance is the largest state-owned life insurance company in mainland China and one of the largest life insurers in the world by premium income. It is the dominant force in China’s life insurance market, serving hundreds of millions of Chinese policyholders.

China Life’s business is deeply tied to China’s demographic trends and rising middle-class wealth. As Chinese households become more affluent, demand for life insurance, pension products, and savings-oriented insurance policies has grown significantly. China Life is uniquely positioned to capture this structural demand given its massive distribution network and government-backed brand trust.

The company also manages a substantial investment portfolio, making its profitability sensitive to Chinese equity market performance and bond yields. When China’s stock markets rally, China Life tends to benefit through investment gains on its large equity holdings. Its inclusion in the Hang Seng Index gives investors exposure to the long-term growth of China’s insurance penetration story.

Zijin Mining Group is China’s largest gold and copper mining company and one of the largest mining companies in Asia by market capitalization. Based in Fujian province, it has expanded aggressively through acquisitions to build a global portfolio of mining assets in Africa, South America, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Gold and copper are both strategically important commodities. Gold benefits from investor demand as a safe-haven asset, particularly during periods of inflation or geopolitical uncertainty. Copper is critical for electric vehicles, power grids, and renewable energy infrastructure — making Zijin a indirect play on the global clean energy transition.

Zijin gives the Hang Seng Index rare but meaningful commodity exposure. In a benchmark otherwise dominated by technology companies and banks, Zijin’s performance is driven by entirely different factors: global commodity prices, mining output, and macroeconomic conditions. This makes it a natural diversifier within the HSI itself.

NetEase is China’s second-largest online gaming company after Tencent and one of the most globally recognized Chinese game developers. The company is the developer or publisher of internationally acclaimed titles including Honor of Kings (in partnership), Minecraft China Edition (licensed from Microsoft), and its own original games such as Fantasy Westward Journey and Naraka: Bladepoint.

Beyond gaming, NetEase has diversified into music streaming (NetEase Cloud Music, a cultural institution in China for indie and alternative music fans), online education, e-commerce, and AI. Its music platform is particularly beloved among younger Chinese consumers for its community features and music discovery tools.

NetEase’s global ambitions set it apart from many Chinese technology peers. Its games are distributed worldwide, and the company has established studios in multiple countries including the US and Japan. For Hang Seng Index investors, NetEase is a pure-play on China’s entertainment economy — one of the world’s largest gaming markets — with a growing international revenue component.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is China’s largest domestic semiconductor foundry and the most strategically important chip manufacturing company in mainland China. It is the Chinese government’s primary vehicle for developing a self-sufficient semiconductor supply chain.

SMIC sits at the center of one of the most consequential technology geopolitical battles of the 21st century: China’s push to manufacture advanced semiconductor chips domestically, versus the United States’ efforts to restrict China’s access to cutting-edge chip-making equipment and technology. US export controls — particularly targeting ASML’s extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines — have significantly constrained SMIC’s ability to advance to the most leading-edge chip nodes.

Despite these restrictions, SMIC has made meaningful progress in developing more mature semiconductor nodes and continues to serve China’s vast domestic market for chips used in consumer electronics, automotive applications, and industrial equipment. For investors, SMIC is not just a company — it is a barometer of the US-China technology war’s trajectory. Every new export control announcement or diplomatic development directly affects SMIC’s growth outlook and its weighting within the Hang Seng Index.

Bank of China is one of China’s ‘Big Four’ state-owned commercial banks and one of the oldest financial institutions in the country, tracing its history back to 1912. It is uniquely positioned among the Big Four as the most internationally oriented, with a physical presence in more countries than any other Chinese bank.

Bank of China plays a central role in facilitating China’s cross-border trade, international settlements, and renminbi internationalization efforts. As China’s Belt and Road Initiative has expanded Chinese commercial activity across Asia, Africa, and Europe, Bank of China has been a critical financial enabler of that expansion.

From an investment perspective, Bank of China trades at a significant discount to book value — a persistent feature of Chinese state-owned bank stocks that reflects investor concerns about non-performing loans, limited commercial autonomy, and the use of bank balance sheets to support government policy objectives. However, it compensates with above-average dividend yields, making it attractive to income-oriented investors.

BYD Company is the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer by volume — a title it claimed by surpassing Tesla in annual EV sales in 2023 and has since defended. The company was founded in 1995 as a battery manufacturer and has evolved into a vertically integrated automotive and clean energy powerhouse, making its own batteries, semiconductors, and electric motors in-house.

BYD’s success story is one of the most remarkable corporate transformations in Chinese industrial history. From a relatively unknown battery maker, it became — with early and crucial backing from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway — the leading force in China’s electric vehicle revolution. Today, BYD sells millions of EVs annually and has begun exporting aggressively to markets in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.

The inclusion of BYD in the Hang Seng Index gives investors direct exposure to the global electric vehicle transition, China’s industrial dominance in clean energy technology, and one of the world’s fastest-growing automotive companies. Given the recent addition of CATL (the world’s largest EV battery maker) to the index, the HSI is becoming an increasingly compelling vehicle for EV-themed investment exposure.

CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) is China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer and the dominant state-owned enterprise in China’s offshore energy sector. It operates oil platforms and exploration assets across China’s coastal waters, as well as international assets in Canada, the UK, Uganda, Guyana, and beyond.

CNOOC was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in 2021 following US sanctions related to Chinese military connections — a move that had significant implications for international investor access. However, it remains listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and continues to be a major component of the Hang Seng Index.

Despite the geopolitical complications, CNOOC is financially one of the strongest energy companies in Asia. It carries low debt, generates substantial free cash flow at elevated oil prices, and pays generous dividends. For Hang Seng Index investors, CNOOC provides direct energy sector exposure — one of the few ways to access oil and gas themes through the HSI — along with sensitivity to global crude oil price movements.

Meituan is China’s dominant food delivery and local lifestyle services platform — the company that connects hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers with restaurants, hotels, travel services, grocery delivery, and an enormous range of other on-demand services through a single super-app. Think of it as the DoorDash, Yelp, and Booking.com of China, all rolled into one.

Meituan processes hundreds of millions of food delivery orders every month and commands dominant market share in China’s local services economy. Its competitive moat is extraordinarily deep: an unmatched logistics network of delivery riders, a massive merchant ecosystem, and deeply entrenched consumer habits formed over a decade of aggressive market building.

Meituan was one of the companies most severely affected by China’s 2021 technology crackdown, losing more than 70% of its market value at its worst point as regulators targeted its business practices. Since recovering, it has resumed growth and expanded internationally — including drone delivery pilots and overseas food delivery services. It remains one of the most important consumer internet names in the Hang Seng Index.

Ping An Insurance is China’s largest private insurance company and one of the largest financial services conglomerates in the world. Despite being called an ‘insurance’ company, Ping An is far more than that — it operates one of China’s largest banks (Ping An Bank), a major fintech platform (Lufax), and an online healthcare services ecosystem (Ping An Good Doctor).

Ping An is considered a bellwether for China’s financial sector health. Its investment portfolio spans equities, bonds, and real estate — meaning that weakness in any of these asset classes flows directly through to Ping An’s earnings and net asset value. Its exposure to China’s troubled property sector through its investment portfolio has been a source of investor concern in recent years.

What makes Ping An distinctive is its technology-first mentality in an industry not typically associated with innovation. It has filed more fintech and AI-related patents than virtually any other financial institution in Asia. For Hang Seng Index investors, Ping An is a way to get combined exposure to China’s insurance, banking, fintech, and healthcare sectors through a single, well-managed holding company.

China Mobile is the world’s largest mobile telecommunications company by subscriber count, serving more than one billion active subscribers — a number that exceeds the entire population of many major continents. It is one of China’s three state-owned telecommunications giants, alongside China Unicom and China Telecom.

China Mobile delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in 2021 following a US executive order targeting Chinese military-connected companies, but it has retained its Hong Kong listing and continues to be a cornerstone of the Hang Seng Index. The US delisting actually opened an opportunity for greater domestic Chinese and Hong Kong investor ownership of the stock.

China Mobile is a quintessential defensive income stock. Its enormous subscriber base, government-backed stability, and steady cash flow generation make it a reliable dividend payer — and in an index otherwise full of high-growth, high-volatility technology names, China Mobile’s steady presence is a genuine stabilizing force. Its push into 5G infrastructure, cloud services, and digital government services also gives it moderate growth potential beyond pure telecom.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is the company that owns and operates the Hong Kong Stock Exchange itself — meaning it is simultaneously a constituent of the index it operates. HKEX is one of the most valuable exchange operator companies in the world and the primary financial gateway between mainland China and global capital markets.

HKEX’s revenue is directly tied to trading volumes, new listings, and derivative product activity on the Hong Kong exchange. When market activity is high — driven by IPOs, southbound Stock Connect flows from mainland China, or high-volatility trading periods — HKEX’s earnings benefit directly. When trading slows, so do its profits.

HKEX’s strategic importance extends beyond its commercial role. It controls the London Metal Exchange (LME), which it acquired in 2012 for $2.2 billion — giving it exposure to global commodity derivatives. It also operates the Bond Connect and Stock Connect programs that link mainland and international investors. For HSI investors, HKEX is effectively a direct bet on the health and vitality of Hong Kong as a financial center.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) holds the remarkable distinction of being the world’s largest bank by total assets — a title it has held consistently for over a decade. With assets exceeding USD 6 trillion, ICBC is larger than many entire national banking systems and serves hundreds of millions of retail and corporate customers across China and internationally.

ICBC is one of the four major state-owned Chinese banks (alongside CCB, Bank of China, and Agricultural Bank of China) and its scale is genuinely difficult to comprehend. It processes trillions of yuan in transactions every year and is a critical financial utility for China’s entire economy — from consumer mortgages and credit cards to corporate lending and government bond issuance.

Like other Chinese state-owned banks, ICBC trades at a discount to book value and compensates investors with high dividend yields. It is heavily influenced by Chinese government policy on interest rates, reserve requirements, and credit growth. For Hang Seng Index investors, ICBC represents a very large, very safe, dividend-paying exposure to China’s banking system — ideal for income-oriented investors comfortable with the governance dynamics of state-owned enterprises.

Xiaomi Corporation began as a smartphone maker known for delivering high-specification devices at aggressively low prices and has evolved into one of China’s most ambitious and diversified technology companies. Today, Xiaomi sells smartphones, smart home devices, televisions, laptops, and — in one of its most audacious strategic moves — electric vehicles.

Xiaomi’s smartphone business is genuinely global. It is consistently ranked among the top five smartphone brands worldwide by shipment volume, with particularly strong positions in India, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Its ecosystem of smart home and IoT (Internet of Things) devices — all connected through its MIUI software platform — is among the most expansive in the world.

Xiaomi’s entry into the electric vehicle market with the SU7 sedan, launched in 2024, stunned many industry observers who expected a smartphone company to struggle in automotive manufacturing. Instead, the SU7 generated overwhelming demand upon launch, positioning Xiaomi as a genuine new entrant in China’s intensely competitive EV market. Xiaomi’s growing EV and smart device ambitions make it one of the most dynamic and multi-dimensional stocks in the entire Hang Seng Index.

China Construction Bank (CCB) is the second-largest bank in China by total assets and one of the four major state-owned commercial banks. As its name suggests, CCB was originally established to finance China’s massive infrastructure and construction boom — and it has been at the financial center of China’s infrastructure buildout for decades.

Today CCB is a full-service commercial bank offering retail banking, corporate finance, investment banking, wealth management, and insurance products. It is the leading mortgage lender in China, holding a dominant share of China’s residential home loan market — which means its performance is closely tied to the health of China’s massive real estate sector.

CCB’s exposure to the Chinese property sector has been both a source of historical strength and recent vulnerability. As China’s real estate market faced significant stress in 2022 and 2023 from the Evergrande crisis and broader property developer defaults, CCB’s loan book faced scrutiny. Despite these concerns, CCB has maintained strong capital ratios and continued paying substantial dividends, reinforcing its appeal as a high-yield income stock for investors who believe in China’s long-term economic stability.

AIA Group is the largest pan-Asian life insurer by market capitalization and one of the most respected financial brands across the Asia-Pacific region. Originally founded in Shanghai in 1919, AIA operates in 18 markets across Asia, with its most important businesses in Hong Kong, mainland China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea.

What sets AIA apart from other insurance companies in the Hang Seng Index is its pure-play positioning on Asia’s rising middle class and the region’s dramatically under-penetrated insurance market. Across most of Southeast Asia, life insurance penetration rates remain a fraction of developed market levels — meaning AIA is selling into a structural growth market that will expand for decades as incomes rise and financial awareness grows.

AIA is widely considered the highest-quality insurance stock in Asia and often commands a premium valuation relative to its peers. Its agency distribution model — built on highly productive, professionally trained agents — is considered the gold standard in Asian life insurance sales. AIA’s combination of quality, growth, and Asia-wide diversification makes it one of the most internationally appealing stocks in the Hang Seng Index for foreign investors seeking Asian financial exposure.

HSBC Holdings is one of the largest and most globally diversified banking and financial services companies in the world, with roots stretching back to 1865 when it was founded in Hong Kong and Shanghai to finance trade between Europe and Asia. Today, HSBC serves tens of millions of customers across more than 60 countries, with particularly strong franchises in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, mainland China, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.

HSBC is unique among the major Hang Seng Index constituents because it is not a Chinese company — it is a British-headquartered global bank with its most important earnings base in Asia. Approximately half of HSBC’s pre-tax profits are generated in Hong Kong, making the city’s economic health absolutely central to HSBC’s performance. This gives HSI investors unusual exposure to a truly global financial institution through what is nominally an Asian index.

HSBC has been one of the highest-yielding dividend stocks in the Hang Seng Index for many years, making it extremely popular with income-focused investors globally. Its massive scale in Hong Kong retail banking, trade finance, and wealth management — combined with its global network — gives it competitive advantages that are essentially impossible to replicate. HSBC hitting the 8% cap in the Hang Seng Index is a testament to both its market capitalization and its irreplaceable role in Hong Kong’s financial ecosystem.

Alibaba Group is the most consequential e-commerce and cloud computing company in China and one of the largest technology companies in the world. Founded in 1999 by Jack Ma in a Hangzhou apartment, Alibaba has grown into a multi-trillion-yuan empire spanning e-commerce (Taobao, Tmall), cloud computing (Alibaba Cloud), digital payments (Alipay, through affiliate Ant Group), logistics, entertainment, and international commerce (AliExpress, Lazada).

Alibaba has undergone one of the most dramatic corporate transformations in modern business history. After the Chinese government launched a sweeping antitrust crackdown on its operations beginning in 2020 — punctuated by the abrupt cancellation of Ant Group’s record-breaking IPO and a USD 2.75 billion antitrust fine — Alibaba’s market value collapsed from over USD 800 billion to a fraction of that level. The company subsequently restructured into six independently operated business units in 2023, attempting to unlock value and adapt to China’s changed regulatory environment.

By 2025 and into 2026, Alibaba had staged a meaningful recovery as relations between Chinese technology companies and the government appeared to stabilize. Alibaba Cloud has emerged as a key player in China’s AI boom, offering large language model services and cloud infrastructure to Chinese enterprises. For Hang Seng Index investors, Alibaba at the 8% cap represents both the enormous growth potential of China’s digital economy and the regulatory risks that come with investing in Chinese technology at scale.

Tencent Holdings is the crown jewel of the Hang Seng Index — the most valuable company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and one of the most valuable companies in the world. Founded in Shenzhen in 1998, Tencent has grown from a small instant messaging startup into the most powerful technology conglomerate in China and arguably the most influential consumer technology company in Asia.

Tencent’s WeChat platform deserves special mention. With over 1.3 billion monthly active users, WeChat is not simply a messaging app — it is the digital operating system of daily life in China. Messaging, payments, social media, mini-programs for e-commerce and government services, financial services, healthcare access, and entertainment all live within WeChat’s ecosystem. The platform’s depth of integration into Chinese life creates a nearly unassailable competitive moat that has no true equivalent anywhere in the world.

Beyond WeChat, Tencent is the world’s largest gaming company by revenue, with blockbuster titles like Honor of Kings, PUBG Mobile (through its Supercell and Riot Games subsidiaries), and major stakes in global gaming studios including Riot Games, Epic Games, and Activision Blizzard. Tencent also operates one of China’s largest cloud platforms, a major digital advertising business, digital payments through WeChat Pay, and a massive investment portfolio spanning hundreds of technology companies globally.

Like Alibaba, Tencent experienced severe regulatory pressure from the Chinese government’s 2021 technology crackdown — including restrictions on gaming hours for minors and a freeze on new game approvals. The company adapted by diversifying revenue, expanding internationally, and investing heavily in enterprise AI. Tencent’s Hunyuan large language model is now one of China’s leading AI platforms. As the #1 weighted stock in the Hang Seng Index, Tencent’s performance essentially is the Hang Seng Index. When Tencent is strong, the index is strong. Understanding Tencent means understanding Hong Kong’s stock market.

What the Countdown Reveals: The Hang Seng Index in 2026

Now that you have seen every stock from #25 to #1, a clear picture emerges.

The Hang Seng Index is not just a Hong Kong stock market index. It is, in practice, a concentrated portfolio of China’s most important technology companies and financial institutions — filtered through Hong Kong’s exchange, governed by an 8% weighting cap, and increasingly reflective of China’s industrial and clean energy ambitions with additions like BYD, CATL, and SMIC.

At the top sits Tencent — a company so embedded in Chinese daily life through WeChat that its fortunes and the fortunes of the index are inseparable. Just behind it is Alibaba, the symbol of both the immense potential and the regulatory vulnerability of Chinese technology investing. Then HSBC, the global banking giant that has made Hong Kong its most important market for over 150 years.

Understanding these 25 companies does not just help you track the Hang Seng Index — it gives you a genuine map of where Asia’s economy is heading.

For a comparison with the world’s most important equity benchmark, see our guide to the Top 30 S&P 500 Stocks to Buy.

And if you want to see how concentrated the Dow Jones Industrial Average is at the top, read our breakdown of the Top 10 DJIA Stocks by Weight.

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