Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce options on Hong Kong dollar-traded units of the CSOP FTSE China A50 (CSOP A50) ETF and ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index (CAM CSI300) ETF, both of which have A shares as their underlying benchmark, on Monday, 21 January 2013 to strengthen the China dimension in its stock options offering.
Information about CSOP A50 and CAM CSI300 ETFs is available on HKEx's website.
The new options' sizes are in the following table along with the expiry months that will be available for trading when the options are introduced on 21 January.
Selected Contract Details of CSOP A50 and CAM CSI 300 ETF Options
Underlying Stock/ETF |
Stock Code |
Contract Size*(Shares) |
Trading Currency |
Expiry Months Available on First Day of Trading |
CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF |
2822 |
200 |
HK$ |
January - 2013 |
ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF |
3188 |
200 |
HK$ |
* One board lot of the underlying securities
The attached tables show HKEx's stock option classes available from 21 January 2013.
Stock Option Classes Available for Trading at HKEx from 21 January 2013
Contract Size: More Than One Board Lot of the Underlying Securities
Stock Code |
Underlying Stock / ETF |
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* |
A50 |
5,000 |
2827 |
W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker* |
CS3 |
1,000 |
Contract Size: One Board Lot of the Underlying Securities
Stock Code |
Underlying Stock / ETF |
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 |
2822 |
CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF ^ |
CSA |
200 |
2888 |
Standard Chartered PLC |
STC |
50 |
2899 |
Zijin Mining Group Company Limited |
ZJM |
2,000 |
3188 |
ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF ^ |
AMC |
200 |
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 |
^ Trading will commence from 21 January 2013
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