Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce three new stock option classes on Monday, 22 June 2015: New China Life Insurance, Hang Seng H-Share Index ETF and CITIC Securities.

New China Life Insurance and CITIC Securities are both H-share companies and eligible for Southbound trading under Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, HKEx’s mutual market access programme with the Shanghai Exchange.  The Hang Seng H-Share Index ETF was the third most actively traded ETF at HKEx last month and accounted for about a fifth of the total ETF turnover.

HKEx has invited applications for Exchange Participants interested in serving as market makers for the three news option classes.

The first table below shows contract highlights for the three new option classes.  A general contract summary is posted on the HKEx website.

Stock option classes to be introduced on 22 June

 

Underlying Stock Name (Stock Code)	HKATS Code	Contract Size(Shares)	No. of Board Lots	Tier Level	Trading Tariff (Per Contract)	Expiry Months Available on the Commencement Day
New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (1336)	NCL	1,000	10	1	$3	Jun-2015, Jul-2015, Aug-2015, Sep-2015, Dec-2015, Mar-2016, Jun-2016
Hang Seng H-Share Index ETF (2828)	HCF	1,000	5	1	$3
CITIC Securities Co. Ltd. (6030)	CTS	1,000	2	1	$3

The attached tables show HKEx’s stock option classes from 22 June.

Stock Option Classes Available for Trading at HKEx from 22 June 2015

Contract Size: More Than One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares

No.	SEHK Code	Underlying Stock Name	HKATS Code	Contract Size (shares)	No. of Board Lots	Tier No.*	Position Limit
1	1288	Agricultural Bank of China Limited	XAB	10,000	10	1	50,000
2	1299	AIA Group Limited	AIA	1,000	5	1	50,000
3	1336	New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.^	NCL	1,000	10	1	50,000
4	1339	The People's Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited	PIN	5,000	5	2	50,000
5	1359	China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd	CDA	5,000	5	2	50,000
6	1988	China Minsheng Banking Corporation Limited	MSB	2,500	5	2	50,000
7	2601	China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd.	CPI	1,000	5	1	50,000
8	2822	CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF	CSA	5,000	25	1	30,000
9	2823	iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF#	A50	5,000	50	1	50,000
10	2827	W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker #	CS3	1,000	5	2	30,000
11	2828	Hang Seng H-Share Index ETF^	HCF	1,000	5	1	50,000
12	3188	ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF	AMC	2,000	10	1	30,000
13	3800	GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd.	PLE	5,000	5	2	50,000
14	6030	CITIC Securities Co. Ltd.^	CTS	1,000	2	1	50,000
15	6837	Haitong Securities Co., Ltd.	HAI	2,000	5	1	50,000

 

Contract Size: One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares

No.	SEHK Code	Underlying Stock Name	HKATS Code	Contract Size (shares)	Tier No.*	Position Limit
1	1	CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.	CKH	500	1	50,000
2	2	CLP Holdings Limited	CLP	500	1	50,000
3	3	The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited	HKG	1,000	2	50,000
4	4	The Wharf (Holdings) Limited	WHL	1,000	1	50,000
5	5	HSBC Holdings Plc.	HKB	400	1	50,000
6	6	Power Assets Holdings Limited	HEH	500	1	50,000
7	11	Hang Seng Bank Limited	HSB	100	2	50,000
8	12	Henderson Land Development Company Limited	HLD	1,000	1	50,000
9	13	Hutchison Whampoa Limited	HWL	1,000	1	50,000
10	16	Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited	SHK	1,000	1	50,000
11	17	New World Development Company Limited	NWD	1,000	3	50,000
12	19	Swire Pacific Limited	SWA	500	1	50,000
13	23	The Bank of East Asia, Limited	BEA	200	3	50,000
14	27	Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited	GLX	1,000	1	50,000
15	66	MTR Corporation Limited	MTR	500	2	50,000
16	135	Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.	KLE	2,000	1	50,000
17	151	Want Want China Holdings Ltd.	WWC	1,000	2	50,000
18	267	CITIC Limited	CIT	1,000	2	50,000
19	293	Cathay Pacific Airways Limited	CPA	1,000	2	50,000
20	330	Esprit Holdings Limited	ESP	100	3	50,000
21	358	Jiangxi Copper Company Limited	JXC	1,000	2	50,000
22	386	China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation	CPC	2,000	2	50,000
23	388	Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited	HEX	100	2	50,000
24	390	China Railway Group Limited	CRG	1,000	3	50,000
25	489	Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd.	DFM	2,000	1	50,000
26	494	Li & Fung Limited	LIF	2,000	2	50,000
27	688	China Overseas Land & Investment Limited	COL	2,000	1	50,000
28	700	Tencent Holdings Limited	TCH	100	2	50,000
29	728	China Telecom Corporation Limited	CTC	2,000	3	50,000
30	762	China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited	CHU	2,000	1	50,000
31	857	PetroChina Company Limited	PEC	2,000	2	50,000
32	883	CNOOC Limited	CNC	1,000	2	50,000
33	902	Huaneng Power International, Inc.	HNP	2,000	2	50,000
34	914	Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited	ACC	500	2	50,000
35	939	China Construction Bank Corporation	XCC	1,000	3	50,000
36	941	China Mobile Limited	CHT	500	1	50,000
37	992	Lenovo Group Limited	LEN	2,000	2	50,000
38	998	China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited	CTB	1,000	3	50,000
39	1044	Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.	HGN	500	1	30,000
40	1088	China Shenhua Energy Company Limited	CSE	500	2	50,000
41	1109	China Resources Land Ltd.	CRL	2,000	1	50,000
42	1171	Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited	YZC	2,000	2	50,000
43	1186	China Railway Construction Corporation Limited	CRC	500	3	50,000
44	1211	BYD Company Limited	BYD	500	1	50,000
45	1398	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited	XIC	1,000	3	50,000
46	1800	China Communications Construction Company Limited	CCC	1,000	3	50,000
47	1880	Belle International Holdings Limited	BIH	1,000	3	50,000
48	1898	China Coal Energy Company Limited	CCE	1,000	3	50,000
49	1919	China COSCO Holdings Company Limited	CCS	500	3	50,000
50	1928	Sands China Ltd.	SAN	400	2	50,000
51	2038	FIH Mobile Limited	FIH	1,000	3	50,000
52	2282	MGM China Holdings Limited	MGM	400	2	50,000
53	2318	Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.	PAI	500	1	50,000
54	2319	China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd.	MEN	1,000	1	50,000
55	2328	PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited	PIC	2,000	1	50,000
56	2333	Great Wall Motor Co. Limited	GWM	500	2	50,000
57	2388	BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited	BOC	500	2	50,000
58	2600	Aluminum Corporation of China Limited	ALC	2,000	3	50,000
59	2628	China Life Insurance Company Limited	CLI	1,000	2	50,000
60	2777	Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd.	RFP	400	3	50,000
61	2800	Tracker Fund of Hong Kong	TRF	500	2	50,000
62	2888	Standard Chartered PLC	STC	50	3	50,000
63	2899	Zijin Mining Group Company Limited	ZJM	2,000	3	50,000
64	3323	China National Building Material Company Limited	NBM	2,000	2	50,000
65	3328	Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.	BCM	1,000	3	50,000
66	3888	Kingsoft Corporation Ltd.	KSO	1,000	2	50,000
67	3968	China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.	CMB	500	3	50,000
68	3988	Bank of China Limited	XBC	1,000	3	50,000

 

^ Trading commences from 22 June 2015

* Unless otherwise specified, tier levels of adjusted contracts shall be the same as their standard contracts.

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