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- CATL listed options to be introduced on 20 May
- HKEX informed issuers they can list derivative warrants on CATL shares when the shares debut on HKEX’s securities market
- CATL shares to be included in Designated Securities Eligible for Short Selling on 20 May
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is pleased to announce today (Friday) that it will offer investors more product choices on Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited’s (CATL, Stock Code: 3750) shares on their trading debut on 20 May 2025.
The following products with CATL shares as the underlying asset will be available in HKEX markets:
1. CATL Options
CATL Monthly Options will be introduced on 20 May 2025, subject to the listing of the CATL shares at HKEX on that date. In addition to options with monthly expiries, weekly expirations will be introduced from 2 June 2025.
Selected Details of CATL Options
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HKATS Code |
Contract Size (Shares) |
Monthly Expiry Contracts Available for Trading on 20 May |
Weekly Expiry Contracts Available for Trading on 2 June |
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CAT |
100 |
2025: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Dec 2026: Mar |
6 Jun 2025, 13 Jun 2025
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For further details, please see the circular issued today and the Product section of the HKEX website.
2. Listing of CATL Derivative Warrants
HKEX has informed issuers they can list derivative warrants on CATL shares when the shares debut on HKEX’s securities market.
Please refer to the issuers’ announcements for further details of the warrants.
3. Inclusion of CATL Shares in Designated Securities for Short Selling
CATL shares will also be included in HKEX’s designated securities eligible for short selling on 20 May 2025, subject to the listing of the CATL shares at HKEX on that date.
For details of short selling at HKEX, please see the Services section of the HKEX website.
HKEX’s equities product market has been off to a good start in 2025. Stock Options has seen robust trading activity, with average daily volumes reaching 943,225 contracts in the first four months. In particular, the 10 weekly stock options contracts launched in November recorded very strong momentum with over 10 million contracts traded since launch, accounting for about 18 per cent of the total trading volume of the corresponding stock options contracts. The average daily turnover in structured products market rose to $17.6 billion in the first four months of the year, compared with an average daily turnover of $11.8 billion for full year 2024.
