Country Garden to Be Cut From Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index

  • Sinopharm will be added to Hong Kong’s benchmark index
  • Number of Hang Seng Index members remains unchanged at 80

Buildings under construction at a project co-developed by Country Garden in Ningbo, China.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Country Garden Holdings Co. will be removed from Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index, while Sinopharm Group Co. will be added, according to a statement Friday.

Hang Seng Indexes Co. unveiled the changes — which take effect September 4 — after its latest quarterly review and part of its ongoing effort to boost representation of new-economy stocks. The number of HSI members remains unchanged at 80.