Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce three new stock option classes on Monday, 8 December this year: China Resources Land Ltd, China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd and Haitong Securities Co, Ltd.
The first table below shows contract highlights for the new option classes. A general contract summary is posted on the HKEx website.
Stock Option Classes to be introduced on 8 December 2014
Underlying Stock |
Stock |
Contract Size |
Expiry Months Available on |
China Resources Land Ltd |
1109 |
2,000 |
Dec 2014, Jan 2015, Feb 2015, |
China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd |
2319 |
1,000 |
|
Haitong Securities Co, Ltd |
6837 |
2,000 |
China Mengniu Dairy and China Resources Land are constituents of Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index while Haitong Securities Co, Ltd is a constituent of Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, Hong Kong’s benchmark H-shares index.
After the additions, there will be 80 stock option classes available for trading at HKEx. The following tables show HKEx's stock option classes from 8 December.
HKEx's stock options volume for the first 10 months increased more than 13 per cent from the same period last year to 56,794,883 contracts, and open interest (OI) at the end of October was 6,270,023 contracts, or nearly 16 per cent higher than OI at the end of October last year. Moreover, stock options have continued to be the most actively traded product in HKEx’s derivatives market this year, accounting for more than 51 per cent of total volume in the January to October period.
Stock Option Classes Available for Trading at HKEx from 8 December 2014
Contract Size: More Than One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares
No. |
Stock code |
Underlying Stock Name |
Derivatives Market Code |
Contract Size (shares) |
1 |
1288 |
Agricultural Bank of China Limited |
XAB |
10,000 |
2 |
1299 |
AIA Group Limited |
AIA |
1,000 |
3 |
1339 |
The People's Insurance Company (Group) of China Ltd. |
PIN |
5,000 |
4 |
1359 |
China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. |
CDA |
5,000 |
5 |
1988 |
China Minsheng Banking Corporation Ltd. |
MSB |
2,500 |
6 |
2601 |
China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. |
CPI |
1,000 |
7 |
2822 |
CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF |
CSA |
5,000 |
8 |
2823 |
iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF* |
A50 |
5,000 |
9 |
2827 |
W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker* |
CS3 |
1,000 |
10 |
3188 |
ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF |
AMC |
2,000 |
11 |
3800 |
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. |
PLE |
5,000 |
12 |
6837 |
Haitong Securities Co.,Ltd.^ |
HAI |
2,000 |
* Synthetic Exchange Traded Funds, or ETF.
Contract Size: One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares
No. |
Stock |
Underlying Stock Name |
Derivatives Market Code |
Contract Size (shares) |
1 |
1 |
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited |
CKH |
1,000 |
2 |
2 |
CLP Holdings Limited |
CLP |
500 |
3 |
3 |
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited |
HKG |
1,000 |
4 |
4 |
The Wharf (Holdings) Limited |
WHL |
1,000 |
5 |
5 |
HSBC Holdings Plc. |
HKB |
400 |
6 |
6 |
Power Assets Holdings Limited |
HEH |
500 |
7 |
11 |
Hang Seng Bank Limited |
HSB |
100 |
8 |
12 |
Henderson Land Development Company Limited |
HLD |
1,000 |
9 |
13 |
Hutchison Whampoa Limited |
HWL |
1,000 |
10 |
16 |
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited |
SHK |
1,000 |
11 |
17 |
New World Development Company Limited |
NWD |
1,000 |
12 |
19 |
Swire Pacific Limited |
SWA |
500 |
13 |
23 |
The Bank of East Asia, Limited |
BEA |
200 |
14 |
27 |
Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited |
GLX |
1,000 |
15 |
66 |
MTR Corporation Limited |
MTR |
500 |
16 |
135 |
Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd. |
KLE |
2,000 |
17 |
151 |
Want Want China Holdings Ltd. |
WWC |
1,000 |
18 |
267 |
CITIC Limited |
CIT |
1,000 |
19 |
293 |
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited |
CPA |
1,000 |
20 |
330 |
Esprit Holdings Limited |
ESP |
100 |
21 |
358 |
Jiangxi Copper Company Limited |
JXC |
1,000 |
22 |
386 |
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation |
CPC |
2,000 |
23 |
388 |
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited |
HEX |
100 |
24 |
390 |
China Railway Group Limited |
CRG |
1,000 |
25 |
489 |
Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. |
DFM |
2,000 |
26 |
494 |
Li & Fung Limited |
LIF |
2,000 |
27 |
688 |
China Overseas Land & Investment Limited |
COL |
2,000 |
28 |
700 |
Tencent Holdings Limited |
TCH |
100 |
29 |
728 |
China Telecom Corporation Limited |
CTC |
2,000 |
30 |
762 |
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited |
CHU |
2,000 |
31 |
857 |
PetroChina Company Limited |
PEC |
2,000 |
32 |
883 |
CNOOC Limited |
CNC |
1,000 |
33 |
902 |
Huaneng Power International, Inc. |
HNP |
2,000 |
34 |
914 |
Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited |
ACC |
500 |
35 |
939 |
China Construction Bank Corporation |
XCC |
1,000 |
36 |
941 |
China Mobile Limited |
CHT |
500 |
37 |
992 |
Lenovo Group Limited |
LEN |
2,000 |
38 |
998 |
China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited |
CTB |
1,000 |
39 |
1044 |
Hengan International Group Co. Ltd. |
HGN |
500 |
40 |
1088 |
China Shenhua Energy Company Limited |
CSE |
500 |
41 |
1109 |
China Resources Land Ltd.^ |
CRL |
2,000 |
42 |
1171 |
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited |
YZC |
2,000 |
43 |
1186 |
China Railway Construction Corporation Limited |
CRC |
500 |
44 |
1211 |
BYD Company Limited |
BYD |
500 |
45 |
1398 |
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited |
XIC |
1,000 |
46 |
1800 |
China Communications Construction Company Limited |
CCC |
1,000 |
47 |
1880 |
Belle International Holdings Limited |
BIH |
1,000 |
48 |
1898 |
China Coal Energy Company Limited |
CCE |
1,000 |
49 |
1919 |
China COSCO Holdings Company Limited |
CCS |
500 |
50 |
1928 |
Sands China Ltd. |
SAN |
400 |
51 |
2038 |
FIH Mobile Limited |
FIH |
1,000 |
52 |
2282 |
MGM China Holdings Limited |
MGM |
400 |
53 |
2318 |
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. |
PAI |
500 |
54 |
2319 |
China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd.^ |
MEN |
1,000 |
55 |
2328 |
PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited |
PIC |
2,000 |
56 |
2333 |
Great Wall Motor Co. Limited |
GWM |
500 |
57 |
2388 |
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited |
BOC |
500 |
58 |
2600 |
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited |
ALC |
2,000 |
59 |
2628 |
China Life Insurance Company Limited |
CLI |
1,000 |
60 |
2777 |
Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd. |
RFP |
400 |
61 |
2800 |
Tracker Fund of Hong Kong |
TRF |
500 |
62 |
2888 |
Standard Chartered PLC |
STC |
50 |
63 |
2899 |
Zijin Mining Group Company Limited |
ZJM |
2,000 |
64 |
3323 |
China National Building Material Company Limited |
NBM |
2,000 |
65 |
3328 |
Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. |
BCM |
1,000 |
66 |
3888 |
Kingsoft Corporation Ltd. |
KSO |
1,000 |
67 |
3968 |
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. |
CMB |
500 |
68 |
3988 |
Bank of China Limited |
XBC |
1,000 |
^ Trading commences from 8 December 2014