Overseas Investor Trading In HKEx Derivatives Market Reaches Five-Year High

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited’s (HKEx) Derivatives Market Transaction Survey 2009/10 (covering the period from July 2009 to June 2010) found that the contribution of overseas investors (primarily institutions) to the trading in HKEx’s derivatives (futures and options) market reached the highest level in the recent five years.  This made the three-pillar support for derivatives trading stronger — half by Exchange Participants’ (EPs) principal trading and the other half equally supported by local investors (primarily individuals) and overseas investors.

In 2009/10, the turnover for the futures and options under study was 99 million contracts (referred to as the total market turnover in this survey), down 4 per cent from 103 million contracts in 2008/09.  Stock options remained the dominant product by turnover, contributing half of the total market turnover (as measured by contract volume).

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