July 9 must be a red-letter day, five companies and two ETFs made their debuts on the Hong Kong exchange today. CNBC's Emily Tan had a closer look at their performance at the start of trade earlier this morning.

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The Hong Kong stock exchange experienced a busy trading session with the debut of five companies and two exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Among the new listings, chip designer 40 saw a notable increase in share price, while Lens Technology and Wuhan Dajiong Dental Medical also reported strong starts. Wuhan Dajiong Dental Medical, in particular, recorded a 30% surge from its issue price, making it the day's best performer.

This activity is part of a broader trend, with 42 companies having listed in the first half of the year, raising $13.6 billion. The exchange is also seeing growing interest from companies in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, with around 200 more companies reportedly waiting to list. The IPO market in Hong Kong continues to gain momentum, supported by policy and international partnerships.

IPO fever in Hong Kong continues: Five companies kick off trade

So It's a full house in the Hong Kong stock exchange Look at that six gongs of being struck with the five companies in two ETX a going public on the Hong Kong market today a very big crowded house and Hong Kong exchanges a CEO Bonnie Chan, of course also present for the big listing today So we are looking at the opening trades here and I'm marking us some of the big jumps First pull up shares of 40 or this is a chip designer company and a big spike up in the shares this is a dually listed company now with both an a share listing on the Shanghai market and now listed in Hong Kong it issued at $120 and 50 cents up almost 10% there abouts 13230 last trade in let's flip the board and move over to Lens technology this a stock was priced at a 30% discount to its Shenzhen listed shares This is an Apple supplier that makes lenses and up four and a half percent against its issue price $18.18 and a last traded at $19.06 also want to check out Wuhan Dajiong dental medical This company is China's largest dental provider in Central China by revenue and a nice surge of 30% So this is the best performer I think of the five companies that have gone online today Against this issue price of $20 per piece. We're last trade at $26.25 so a big, you know big happy party up at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange With all the many listings today. This isn't the most we've seen in a single day actually Sherry We at one point had eight companies listing on the same day But it really has been a big flurry of activity in the Hong Kong market just this week alone We had of course on Monday FWD shares coming online. So just this week alone. There's been six companies coming online a 42 that listed since the beginning of this year in the first half raising 13.6 billion dollars and of course we add to that the clutch of companies coming online today as well. Yeah, I mean first of all impeccable timing with the gongs Being struck and you just going with it. I mean, yeah, it's a happy party as you put it So certainly it looks like the IPO market in Hong Kong is gaining steam, right So is there I mean like big number that we can go with in terms of the forecast for 2025? Yeah, well, we were talking to KPMG just yesterday and a partner there Irene Chu talking about the IPO activity This is being supported by China policy The a share is coming to list in the Hong Kong market at the geopolitics as well With ADRs coming back to listen the Hong Kong market as well not to mention all the Strong relationships that Hong Kong continues to build including with that of the Middle East in Southeast Asia where there are now Various countries the stock exchanges aware the Hong Kong Stock Exchange now Has of course they are on par with them I can't find the word but basically they will take the companies that are already listed in those markets as Listings in Hong Kong. We haven't seen that happen just yet. But according to the financial secretary Paul Chan He says that Middle Eastern companies and Southeast Asian companies have filed applications for listings in Hong Kong and we know that there's 200 of them that are currently waiting in the docks for a listing in the Hong Kong market So a very big flurry of activity and Sherry We of course also looking to the likes of she in which has been in the headlines just yesterday Saying that they have filed a confidential filing for a listing here in Hong Kong I wasn't able to confirm any of that but a little bit unusual because these confidential filings normally are for companies that are already listed or They've expanded here in Hong Kong to allow that to fit in tech companies But I don't see how she in fits in as a tech company unless you could say well It's online and of course it sells all of its goods using technology But did that of course a little bit of a stretch so we are tracking the huge Flurry of activity at the IPO market in the stock exchange. I'll leave it there for now back to you guys

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