Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce three new stock option classes on Wednesday, 2 July this year: China Cinda Asset Management Co Ltd, GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd and Kingsoft Corporation Ltd.
HKEx has invited applications for Exchange Participants interested in serving as market makers for the new option classes. The first table below shows contract highlights for the new option classes. A general contract summary is posted on the HKEx website.
Stock Option Classes to be introduced on 2 July 2014
Underlying Stock |
Stock |
Contract Size |
Expiry Months Available on |
China Cinda Asset Management Co Ltd |
1359 |
5000 |
July 2014, |
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd |
3800 |
5000 |
|
Kingsoft Corporation Ltd |
3888 |
1000 |
After the additions, there will be 77 stock option classes available for trading at HKEx. The following tables show HKEx's stock option classes from 2 July.
Stock options accounted for about half of the trading in HKEx's derivatives (futures and options) market in the first five months of this year. Their trading volume for January to May was up more than 4 per cent from the same period last year at 27,396,985 contracts, and open interest was 6,235,119 contracts at the end of last month, compared with 5,678,934 contracts on 31 May 2013.
Stock Option Classes Available for Trading at HKEx from 2 July 2014
Contract Size: More Than One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares
Stock Code |
Underlying Stock Name |
Derivatives Market Code |
Contract Size (shares) |
1288 |
Agricultural Bank of China Limited |
ABC/XAB |
10,000 |
1299 |
AIA Group Limited |
AIA |
1,000 |
1339 |
The People's Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited |
PIN |
5,000 |
1359 |
China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd^ |
CDA |
5,000 |
1988 |
China Minsheng Banking Corporation Limited |
MSB |
2,500 |
2601 |
China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. |
CPI |
1,000 |
2822 |
CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF |
CSA |
5,000 |
2823 |
iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF * |
A50 |
5,000 |
2827 |
W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker * |
CS3 |
1,000 |
3188 |
ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF |
AMC |
2,000 |
3800 |
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. ^ |
PLE |
5,000 |
* Synthetic Exchange Traded Fund, or ETF.
Contract Size: One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares
Stock Code |
Underlying Stock Name |
Derivatives Market Code |
Contract Size (shares) |
1 |
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited |
CKH |
1,000 |
2 |
CLP Holdings Limited |
CLP |
500 |
3 |
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited |
HKG |
1,000 |
4 |
The Wharf (Holdings) Limited |
WHL |
1,000 |
5 |
HSBC Holdings Plc. |
HKB |
400 |
6 |
Power Assets Holdings Limited |
HEH |
500 |
11 |
Hang Seng Bank Limited |
HSB |
100 |
12 |
Henderson Land Development Company Limited |
HLD |
1,000 |
13 |
Hutchison Whampoa Limited 和記黃埔有限公司 |
HWL |
1,000 |
16 |
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited |
SHK |
1,000 |
17 |
New World Development Company Limited |
NWD |
1,000 |
19 |
Swire Pacific Limited 太古股份有限公司 'A' |
SWA |
500 |
23 |
The Bank of East Asia, Limited |
BEA |
200 |
27 |
Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited |
GLX |
1,000 |
66 |
MTR Corporation Limited |
MTR |
500 |
135 |
Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd. |
KLE |
2,000 |
151 |
Want Want China Holdings Ltd. |
WWC |
1,000 |
267 |
CITIC Pacific Limited |
CIT |
1,000 |
293 |
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited 國泰航空有限公司 |
CPA |
1,000 |
330 |
Esprit Holdings Limited |
ESP |
100 |
358 |
Jiangxi Copper Company Limited |
JXC |
1,000 |
386 |
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation |
CPC |
2,000 |
388 |
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited |
HEX |
100 |
390 |
China Railway Group Limited |
CRG |
1,000 |
489 |
Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. |
DFM |
2,000 |
494 |
Li & Fung Limited |
LIF |
2,000 |
688 |
China Overseas Land & Investment Limited |
COL |
2,000 |
700 |
Tencent Holdings Limited |
TCH |
100 |
728 |
China Telecom Corporation Limited |
CTC |
2,000 |
762 |
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited |
CHU |
2,000 |
857 |
PetroChina Company Limited |
PEC |
2,000 |
883 |
CNOOC Limited |
CNC |
1,000 |
902 |
Huaneng Power International, Inc. |
HNP |
2,000 |
914 |
Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited |
ACC |
500 |
939 |
China Construction Bank Corporation |
CCB/XCC |
1,000 |
941 |
China Mobile Limited |
CHT |
500 |
992 |
Lenovo Group Limited |
LEN |
2,000 |
998 |
China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited |
CTB |
1,000 |
1044 |
Hengan International Group Co. Ltd. |
HGN |
500 |
1088 |
China Shenhua Energy Company Limited |
CSE |
500 |
1171 |
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited |
YZC |
2,000 |
1186 |
China Railway Construction Corporation Limited |
CRC |
500 |
1211 |
BYD Company Limited |
BYD |
500 |
1398 |
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited |
ICB/XIC |
1,000 |
1800 |
China Communications Construction Company Limited |
CCC |
1,000 |
1880 |
Belle International Holdings Limited |
BIH |
1,000 |
1898 |
China Coal Energy Company Limited |
CCE |
1,000 |
1919 |
China COSCO Holdings Company Limited |
CCS |
500 |
1928 |
Sands China Ltd. |
SAN |
400 |
2038 |
FIH Mobile Limited |
FIH |
1,000 |
2282 |
MGM China Holdings Limited |
MGM |
400 |
2318 |
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. |
PAI |
500 |
2328 |
PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited |
PIC |
2,000 |
2333 |
Great Wall Motor Co. Limited |
GWM |
500 |
2388 |
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited |
BOC |
500 |
2600 |
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited |
ALC |
2,000 |
2628 |
China Life Insurance Company Limited |
CLI |
1,000 |
2777 |
Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd. |
RFP |
400 |
2800 |
Tracker Fund of Hong Kong |
TRF |
500 |
2888 |
Standard Chartered PLC |
STC |
50 |
2899 |
Zijin Mining Group Company Limited |
ZJM |
2,000 |
3323 |
China National Building Material Company Limited |
NBM |
2,000 |
3328 |
Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. |
BCM |
1,000 |
3888 |
Kingsoft Corporation Ltd.^ |
KSO |
1,000 |
3968 |
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. |
CMB |
500 |
3988 |
Bank of China Limited |
BCL/XBC |
1,000 |
Additions are in bold.
^ Trading commences from 2 July 2014.