Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce four new stock option classes on Monday, 17 February this year: Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd., Want Want China Holdings Ltd., Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. and Hengan International Group Ltd.
Kunlun, Want Want and Hengan are in the Hang Seng Index, and Dongfeng is in the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, or H-shares index.
HKEx has invited applications for Exchange Participants interested in serving as market makers for the new option classes. 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 17 February 2014
Underlying Stock |
Stock Code |
Contract Size |
Expiry Months Available on |
Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd. |
135 |
2000 |
February 2014, |
Want Want China Holdings Ltd. |
151 |
1000 |
|
Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. |
489 |
2000 |
|
Hengan International Group Ltd. |
1044 |
500 |
After the additions, there will be 74 stock option classes available for trading at HKEx. The following tables show HKEx’s stock option classes from 17 February.
HKEx’s stock options trading volume rose 8.5 per cent last year from 2012 to 60,827,975 contracts, and open interest was 4,740,818 contracts at year’s end, up 17.6 per cent from the end of 2012.
Stock Option Classes Available for Trading at HKEx from 17 February 2014
Contract Size: More Than One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares
Stock Code |
Underlying Stock Name |
Derivatives Market Code |
Contract Size (shares) |
1288 |
Agricultural Bank of China Limited |
ABC |
10,000 |
1299 |
AIA Group Limited |
AIA |
1,000 |
1339 |
The People’s Insurance Co. (Group) of China Ltd. |
PIN |
5,000 |
1988 |
China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. |
MSB |
2,500 |
2601 |
China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. |
CPI |
1,000 |
2822 |
COSP FTSE China A50 ETF |
CSA |
5,000 |
2823 |
iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF* |
A50 |
5,000 |
2827 |
W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker* |
CS3 |
1,000 |
3188 |
ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF |
AMC |
2,000 |
* Synthetic ETF
Contract Size: One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares
Stock Code |
Underlying Stock Name |
Derivatives Market Code |
Contract Size (shares) |
1 |
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited |
CKH |
1,000 |
2 |
CLP Holdings Limited |
CLP |
500 |
3 |
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited |
HKG |
1,000 |
4 |
The Wharf (Holdings) Limited |
WHL |
1,000 |
5 |
HSBC Holdings Plc. |
HKB |
400 |
6 |
Power Assets Holdings Limited |
HEH |
500 |
11 |
Hang Seng Bank Limited |
HSB |
100 |
12 |
Henderson Land Development Company Limited |
HLD |
1,000 |
13 |
Hutchison Whampoa Limited |
HWL |
1,000 |
16 |
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited |
SHK |
1,000 |
17 |
New World Development Company Limited |
NWD |
1,000 |
19 |
Swire Pacific Limited ‘A’ |
SWA |
500 |
23 |
The Bank of East Asia, Limited |
BEA |
200 |
27 |
Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited |
GLX |
1,000 |
66 |
MTR Corporation Limited |
MTR |
500 |
135 |
Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.^ |
KLE |
2,000 |
151 |
Want Want China Holdings Ltd.^ |
WWC |
1,000 |
267 |
CITIC Pacific Limited |
CIT |
1,000 |
293 |
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited |
CPA |
1,000 |
330 |
Esprit Holdings Limited |
ESP |
100 |
358 |
Jiangxi Copper Company Limited |
JXC |
1,000 |
386 |
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation |
CPC |
2,000 |
388 |
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited |
HEX |
100 |
390 |
China Railway Group Limited |
CRG |
1,000 |
489 |
Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd.^ |
DFM |
2,000 |
494 |
Li & Fung Limited |
LIF |
2,000 |
688 |
China Overseas Land & Investment Limited |
COL |
2,000 |
700 |
Tencent Holdings Limited |
TCH |
100 |
728 |
China Telecom Corporation Limited |
CTC |
2,000 |
762 |
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited |
CHU |
2,000 |
857 |
PetroChina Company Limited |
PEC |
2,000 |
883 |
CNOOC Limited |
CNC |
1,000 |
902 |
Huaneng Power International, Inc. |
HNP |
2,000 |
914 |
Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited |
ACC |
500 |
939 |
China Construction Bank Corporation |
CCB |
1,000 |
941 |
China Mobile Limited |
CHT |
500 |
992 |
Lenovo Group Ltd. |
LEN |
2,000 |
998 |
China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited |
CTB |
1,000 |
1044 |
Hengan International Group Ltd.^ |
HGN |
500 |
1088 |
China Shenhua Energy Company Limited |
CSE |
500 |
1171 |
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited |
YZC |
2,000 |
1186 |
China Railway Construction Corporation Limited |
CRC |
500 |
1211 |
BYD Company Limited |
BYD |
500 |
1398 |
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited |
ICB |
1,000 |
1800 |
China Communications Construction Company Limited |
CCC |
1,000 |
1880 |
Belle International Holdings Limited |
BIH |
1,000 |
1898 |
China Coal Energy Company Limited |
CCE |
1,000 |
1919 |
China COSCO Holdings Company Limited |
CCS |
500 |
1928 |
Sands China Ltd. |
SAN |
400 |
2038 |
FIH Mobile Limited |
FIH |
1,000 |
2282 |
MGM China Holdings Ltd. |
MGM |
400 |
2318 |
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. |
PAI |
500 |
2328 |
PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited |
PIC |
2,000 |
2333 |
Great Wall Motor Co Ltd |
GWM |
500 |
2388 |
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited |
BOC |
500 |
2600 |
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited |
ALC |
2,000 |
2628 |
China Life Insurance Company Limited |
CLI |
1,000 |
2777 |
Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd. |
RFP |
400 |
2800 |
Tracker Fund of Hong Kong |
TRF |
500 |
2888 |
Standard Chartered PLC |
STC |
50 |
2899 |
Zijin Mining Group Company Limited |
ZJM |
2,000 |
3323 |
China National Building Material Company Limited |
NBM |
2,000 |
3328 |
Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. |
BCM |
1,000 |
3968 |
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. |
CMB |
500 |
3988 |
Bank of China Limited |
BCL |
1,000 |
Additions are in bold.
^ Trading commences from 17 February 2014.