Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce three new stock option classes on Monday, 11 June: Galaxy Entertainment, Sands China and Standard Chartered.
HKEx has invited applications for Exchange Participants interested in serving as market makers for the three new option classes.
The first table below shows contract highlights for the three new option classes. A general contract summary is posted on the HKEx website.
Stock Option Classes to be Introduced on 11 June
Underlying Stock
|
Stock
Code |
Contract Size*
(Shares) |
Expiry Months Available on
First Day of Trading |
Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited
|
27
|
1,000
|
June 2012,
July 2012, August 2012, September 2012, December 2012 and March 2013 |
Sands China Ltd.
|
1928
|
400
|
|
Standard Chartered PLC
|
2888
|
50
|
* One board lot of the underlying stock.
Key Stock Options Facts and Figures
- Introduced in September 1995.
- Turnover rose to a record high of 74,325,068 contracts last year.
- The 60 stock option classes currently available in HKEx’s derivatives market accounted for 47 per cent of the market’s turnover between 1 January and 30 April this year.
The attached tables show HKEx’s stock option classes from 11 June.
Stock Option Classes Available for Trading at HKEx from 11 June 2012
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
|
2601
|
China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co, Ltd.
|
CPI
|
1,000
|
2823
|
iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF*
(* This is a synthetic ETF) |
A50
|
5,000
|
2827
|
W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker*
(* This is a synthetic ETF) |
CS3
|
1,000
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
998
|
China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited
|
CTB
|
1,000
|
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
|
Foxconn International Holdings Limited
|
FIH
|
1,000
|
2318
|
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.
|
PAI
|
500
|
2328
|
PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited
|
PIC
|
2,000
|
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
|