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HKEx Announces Introduction Of Agricultural Bank Of China Stock Options And Admission Of Agricultural Bank Of China To The List Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 12/07/2010

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce Agricultural Bank of China stock options on 16 July (Friday), subject to the successful listing of the stock on the same day.

 

Selected Contract Details of Agricultural Bank of China Stock Options

 

Underlying Stock
(Stock Code)

Contract Size
(Shares)

Expiry Months Available for Trading on 16 July 2010

 Agricultural Bank of China Limited (1288)

 

10,000
(10 board lots of the underlying stock)

 

July 2010
August 2010
September 2010
December 2010
March 2011
June 2011

 “The introduction of Agricultural Bank of China stock options demonstrates our commitment to expand our product range and further strengthen our position as a leading international marketplace for securities and derivatives,” said Calvin Tai, Head of HKEx’s Trading Division.  “Our ability to offer related equity derivatives that complement Mainland stocks traded in our securities market is one of our strengths.”

A table with all stock option classes available for trading at HKEx is attached.

Admission of Agricultural Bank of China to the List of Designated Securities for Short Selling

The Agricultural Bank of China 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 16 July (Friday).

The latest list of all designated securities for short selling is available on the HKEx website under the Market Operations section.

Stock Option Classes Available for Trading at HKEx

 

Stock Code

Underlying Stock/ETF

1

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited

2

CLP Holdings Limited

3

The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited

4

The Wharf (Holdings) Limited

5

HSBC Holdings Plc.

6

Hongkong Electric Holdings Limited

11

Hang Seng Bank Limited

12

Henderson Land Development Company Limited

13

Hutchison Whampoa Limited

16

Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited

17

New World Development Company Limited

19

Swire Pacific Limited 'A'

23

The Bank of East Asia, Limited

66

MTR Corporation Limited

267

CITIC Pacific Limited

293

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited

330

Esprit Holdings Limited

358

Jiangxi Copper Company Limited

386

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation

388

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

390

China Railway Group Limited

494

Li & Fung Limited

688

China Overseas Land & Investment Limited

700

Tencent Holdings Limited

728

China Telecom Corporation Limited

762

China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited

857

PetroChina Company Limited

883

CNOOC Limited

902

Huaneng Power International, Inc.

939

China Construction Bank Corporation

941

China Mobile Limited

998

China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited

1088

China Shenhua Energy Company Limited

1186

China Railway Construction Corporation Limited

1211

BYD Company Limited

1288

Agricultural Bank of China Limited*

1398

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited 

1800

China Communications Construction Company Limited

1898

China Coal Energy Company Limited

1919

China COSCO Holdings Company Limited

2038

Foxconn International Holdings Limited

2318

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.

2328

PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited

2388

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited

2600

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited

2628

China Life Insurance Company Limited

2777

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd.

2800

Tracker Fund of Hong Kong

2823

iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 China Index ETF

2827

W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker

2899

Zijin Mining Group Company Limited

3328

Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.

3968

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.

3988

Bank of China Limited

 * Trading commences from 16 July 2010