Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce AIA stock options on 29 October (Friday), subject to the successful listing of the shares on the same day.
Selected Contract Details of AIA Stock Options
Underlying Stock |
Contract Size |
Expiry Months Available for Trading |
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November 2010 |
A table with all stock option classes available for trading at HKEx is attached.
Admission of AIA to the List of Designated Securities for Short Selling
AIA will be admitted to the list of designated securities eligible for short selling on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKEx, with effect from 29 October (Friday).
The latest list of all designated securities for short selling is available on the HKEx website under the Market Operations section.
Listing of AIA Derivative Warrants
HKEx informed issuers on 22 October that they might be able to launch derivative warrants over AIA shares soon. A total of 10 issues were launched by three issuers today (Monday) and will be listed on 29 October when AIA shares commence trading. Nine of the 10 warrants launched today are Call warrants. Please refer to the issuers’ announcements for further details of the 10 warrants.
The List of Stock Option Classes Available for Trading
a) Stock Option Classes with Contract Size More Than One Underlying Board Lot Shares
Stock Code |
Underlying Stock/ETF |
Contract Size (shares) |
Number of Board Lots |
1288 |
Agricultural Bank of China Limited |
10,000 |
10 |
1299 |
AIA Group Limited * |
1,000 |
5 |
2823 |
iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 China Index ETF |
5,000 |
50 |
2827 |
W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker |
1,000 |
5 |
b) Stock Option Classes with Contract Size Equal to One Underlying Board Lot Shares
Stock Code |
Underlying Stock/ETF |
Contract Size |
1 |
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited |
1,000 |
2 |
CLP Holdings Limited |
500 |
3 |
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited |
1,000 |
4 |
The Wharf (Holdings) Limited |
1,000 |
5 |
HSBC Holdings Plc. |
400 |
6 |
Hongkong Electric Holdings Limited |
500 |
11 |
Hang Seng Bank Limited |
100 |
12 |
Henderson Land Development Company Limited |
1,000 |
13 |
Hutchison Whampoa Limited |
1,000 |
16 |
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited |
1,000 |
17 |
New World Development Company Limited |
1,000 |
19 |
Swire Pacific Limited 'A' |
500 |
23 |
The Bank of East Asia, Limited |
200 |
66 |
MTR Corporation Limited |
500 |
267 |
CITIC Pacific Limited |
1,000 |
293 |
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited |
1,000 |
330 |
Esprit Holdings Limited |
100 |
358 |
Jiangxi Copper Company Limited |
1,000 |
386 |
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation |
2,000 |
388 |
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited |
100 |
390 |
China Railway Group Limited |
1,000 |
494 |
Li & Fung Limited |
2,000 |
688 |
China Overseas Land & Investment Limited |
2,000 |
700 |
Tencent Holdings Limited |
100 |
728 |
China Telecom Corporation Limited |
2,000 |
762 |
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited |
2,000 |
857 |
PetroChina Company Limited |
2,000 |
883 |
CNOOC Limited |
1,000 |
902 |
Huaneng Power International, Inc. |
2,000 |
939 |
China Construction Bank Corporation |
1,000 |
941 |
China Mobile Limited |
500 |
998 |
China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited |
1,000 |
1088 |
China Shenhua Energy Company Limited |
500 |
1186 |
China Railway Construction Corporation Limited |
500 |
1211 |
BYD Company Limited |
500 |
1398 |
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited |
1,000 |
1800 |
China Communications Construction Company Limited |
1,000 |
1898 |
China Coal Energy Company Limited |
1,000 |
1919 |
China COSCO Holdings Company Limited |
500 |
2038 |
Foxconn International Holdings Limited |
1,000 |
2318 |
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. |
500 |
2328 |
PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited |
2,000 |
2388 |
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited |
500 |
2600 |
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited |
2,000 |
2628 |
China Life Insurance Company Limited |
1,000 |
2777 |
Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd. |
400 |
2800 |
Tracker Fund of Hong Kong |
500 |
2899 |
Zijin Mining Group Company Limited |
2,000 |
3328 |
Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. |
1,000 |
3968 |
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. |
500 |
3988 |
Bank of China Limited |
1,000 |