HKEx to Introduce Four New Stock Option Classes on 17 February

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28 Jan 2014

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce four new stock option classes on Monday, 17 February this year: Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd., Want Want China Holdings Ltd., Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. and Hengan International Group Ltd.

Kunlun, Want Want and Hengan are in the Hang Seng Index, and Dongfeng is in the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, or H-shares index.

HKEx has invited applications for Exchange Participants interested in serving as market makers for the new option classes. 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 17 February 2014

Underlying Stock	Stock Code	Contract Size (shares)	Expiry Months Available on First Day of Trading
Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.	135	2000	February 2014, March 2014, April 2014, May 2014, June 2014, September 2014 and December 2014
Want Want China Holdings Ltd.	151	1000
Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd.	489	2000
Hengan International Group Ltd.	1044	500

After the additions, there will be 74 stock option classes available for trading at HKEx. The following tables show HKEx’s stock option classes from 17 February.

HKEx’s stock options trading volume rose 8.5 per cent last year from 2012 to 60,827,975 contracts, and open interest was 4,740,818 contracts at year’s end, up 17.6 per cent from the end of 2012.

Stock Option Classes Available for Trading at HKEx from 17 February 2014

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
1339	The People’s Insurance Co. (Group) of China Ltd.	PIN	5,000
1988	China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd.	MSB	2,500
2601	China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd.	CPI	1,000
2822	COSP FTSE China A50 ETF	CSA	5,000
2823	iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF*	A50	5,000
2827	W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker*	CS3	1,000
3188	ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF	AMC	2,000

* Synthetic ETF

Contract Size: One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares

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
135	Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.^	KLE	2,000
151	Want Want China Holdings Ltd.^	WWC	1,000
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
489	Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd.^	DFM	2,000
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
992	Lenovo Group Ltd.	LEN	2,000
998	China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited	CTB	1,000
1044	Hengan International Group Ltd.^	HGN	500
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	FIH Mobile Limited	FIH	1,000
2282	MGM China Holdings Ltd.	MGM	400
2318	Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.	PAI	500
2328	PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited	PIC	2,000
2333	Great Wall Motor Co Ltd	GWM	500
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

Additions are in bold.

^ Trading commences from 17 February 2014.

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Updated 28 Jan 2014