Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Thursday) that the amendments to the Rules of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly owned subsidiary of HKEx, and the Rules of HKFE Clearing Corporation Limited, a wholly-owned member of the HKEx Group, in relation to International Stock Futures and Options (ISFO) have been approved by the Securities and Futures Commission. The rule amendments will take effect on Thursday, 4 October when 20 International Stock Futures contracts and 20 International Stock Options contracts on stocks listed in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the US will commence trading.
The contract specifications and trading arrangements for the ISFO are available on HKEx website at http://www.hkex.com.hk.
