The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) Derivatives Market's total futures and options contract volume rose 45.3 per cent in the second quarter from the same period last year. Total volume in Q2 2001 was 2,532,034 contracts comprised of 1,343,564 futures and 1,188,470 options contracts. In Q2 2000, total volume was 1,743,167 contracts comprised of 946,039 futures and 797,128 options contracts
Among the most active contracts, One-month HIBOR HIBOR Futures rose 117.2 per cent, Three-month HIBOR Futures volume rose 113.5 per cent and Stock Options volume rose 52.1 per cent.
Records
- 1M HIBOR Futures set an Open Interest record of 3,250 contracts on 12 Apr 2001;
- 3M HIBOR Futures set a daily volume record of 8,850 contracts on 2 Apr 2001.
