In Depth: Arresting Four-Year Slide of Hong Kong Stocks Hinges on Policy Support

For the first time since its launch more than half a century ago, Hong Kong’s benchmark stock gauge, the Hang Seng Index (HSI), has fallen for four years in a row.

The index dropped 13.8% in 2023 and the slide carried on into the new year, falling to a 15-month low of 14,961 on Jan. 22 before picking up in February.