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 |
Short-dated Futures Spot, next calendar month and next 2 calendar quarter months; and Long-dated Futures |
| HSCEI Futures | ||
| HSI Options | Short-dated Options Spot, next 3 calendar months and next 3 calendar quarter months; and Long-dated Options |
Long-dated Options |
| HSCEI Options | Short-dated Options Spot, next 3 calendar months and next 3 quarter months; and Long-dated Options |