HKEX to Add Long-dated Contract Months for Futures and Options from 4 December
Products
01 Nov 2017
- HSI and HSCEI Futures and Options to be enhanced from 4 December
- Long-dated contract months to be rolled out for HSI and HSCEI Futures
- Additional long-dated contract months to be rolled out for HSI and HSCEI Options
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) announced today (Wednesday) that it will introduce long-dated contract months for its Hang Seng Index (HSI) and Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI) Futures and increase the long-dated contract months for its HSI and HSCEI Options, with maturities up to 5.5 years, on Monday, 4 December 2017.
HSI Futures, HSI Options, HSCEI Futures and HSCEI Options are HKEX’s flagship products and accounted for 43 per cent of the total derivatives volume at HKEX in the first nine months of this year.
Contract Months Now and from 4 December 2017
|
Now |
From 4 December 2017 |
| HSI Futures |
Spot, next calendar month and
next 2 calendar quarter months |
Short-dated Futures
Spot, next calendar month and next 2 calendar quarter months; and
Long-dated Futures
Following 5 December months
|
| HSCEI Futures |
| HSI Options |
Short-dated Options
Spot, next 3 calendar months and
next 3 calendar quarter months; and
Long-dated Options
Next 5 months of June and December
|
Short-dated Options
Spot, next 3 calendar months and next 3 calendar quarter months; and
Long-dated Options
Next 3 months of June and December and following 3 December months
|
| HSCEI Options |
Short-dated Options
Spot, next 3 calendar months and
next 3 quarter months; and
Long-dated Options
Next 3 months of June and December
|
Additional information is available in the news release section of the HKEX website.
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