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Updated: 8 January 2007

Three-Year Exchange Fund Note (EFN) Futures

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Contract Terms

Underlying Contract

 

Three-year notional Exchange Fund Notes with a coupon of 6%

HKATS Code

 

EF3

Contract Size

 

HK$1,000,000

Contract Months

 

Quarter months on the March, June, September & December cycle such that there are always four months listed at any one time

Contracted Value

 

Contracted Price multiplied by Contract Size divided by 100
[e.g. (101.00 x HK$1,000,000)/100]

Minimum Fluctuation

 

0.01 percent of the Contract Size, which is equivalent to HK$100

Price Quotation

 

As a percentage of the Contract Size, quoted to 2 decimal places. The value of each whole percentage point is HK$10,000

Trading Hours

 

8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon & 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(Expiring contract month closes at 11:00am on the Last Trading Day)

Settlement Method

 

Physical delivery of Deliverable Exchange Fund Notes

Deliverable Exchange Fund Notes

 

Exchange Fund Notes with maturity of not shorter than 2 years and 6 months and not longer than 3 years and 6 months

Last Trading Day

 

two Business Days before the third Wednesday of the Contract Month

Final Settlement Day

 

 

 

The third (3rd) Wednesday of the Contract Month.

(If the third Wednesday of such contract month is not a business day, then the final settlement day of the contract shall be the next business day following the third Wednesday of the contract month)

Final Settlement Price

 

 

 

The volume-weighted average traded price of all trades in the Contract Month executed during the 5 minute-interval on the Last Trading Day in which the last trade in the Contract Month was executed

(If no trade in the Contract Month is executed on the Last Trading Day, the Final Settlement Price shall be the previous Business Day's Closing Quotation)

Transaction Costs

Exchange Fee               HK$ 6.00
Commission Levy          HK$0.80
Commission Rate          Negotiable

Please visit HKEx website http://www.hkex.com.hk/regulatory.htm  for full contract specifications under Trading Rules of the Rules, Regulations and Procedures of the Futures Exchange