HKEx to Introduce Three New Stock Option Classes on 8 December

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19 Nov 2014

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 Code	Contract Size (shares)	Expiry Months Available on First Day of Trading
China Resources Land Ltd	1109	2,000	Dec 2014, Jan 2015, Feb 2015, Mar 2015, Jun 2015, Sep 2015 and Dec 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 code	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

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Updated 19 Nov 2014