What Is the Hang Seng Index (HSI)?

By Kristi Waterworth – Updated Jun 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM EST

Key Points

Hang Seng Index tracks top HKEX firms, critical for analyzing Asian markets.
Top HSI sectors: finance, IT, consumer discretionary; drive market predominance.
Investing in HSI funds can diversify portfolios, balancing US-heavy investments.

Investing can be a huge challenge since there are so many different ways to do it and so many different companies worth an investment. An index can come in handy if you're not willing or able to pick individual stocks that you feel comfortable with. Instead, you can choose a fund based on an index like the S&P 500. But there are far more options than just U.S.-based indexes -- for example, take the Hang Seng Index, a major index for Asia.

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About the Author

Kristi Waterworth has been a contributing real estate and financial expert at The Motley Fool, covering real estate, investing, and personal finance topics, since 2020. Kristi has been interviewed by various TV media outlets and podcasts for her real estate investing expertise – from residential real estate to digital real estate and everything in between. Kristi’s journalist career spans over 25 years, and she has written about real estate investing, homeownership, and home construction specifically for the last decade. She was also previously a licensed Realtor and general building contractor before the Great Recession and housing market collapse. She holds a bachelor’s degree in American history from Columbia College in Missouri.

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