HKEX to Introduce 12 Stock Option Classes with Weekly and Monthly Expiries

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is pleased to announce today (Monday) the introduction of 12 single stock option classes on 9 November 2026. Both weekly and monthly expiries will be available for these new contracts from the first day of trading, broadening investor choice and enabling market participants to select the expiry profile that best matches their trading and risk management needs.Single stock options are among HKEX’s fastest-growing derivatives products, with average daily volume of 899,056 contracts in the first nine months of 2026, a record for the period and 1.4 per cent higher than a year earlier. Weekly single stock options, launched in November 2024, have also gained strong market traction, with more than 51 million contracts traded to date and consistently accounting for around 20 per cent of volume in the corresponding single stock options products. With these additions, HKEX’s weekly single stock options contracts will cover 66 listed companies or ETFs across a range of sectors. New stock option classes Underlying Stock (Stock Code) HKATS Code Contract Size (shares) Weekly Expiry Contracts Available on 9 Nov Monthly Expiry Contracts Available on 9 Nov KINGBOARD HLDG (148) KBH 500 Friday, 13 Nov 2026 Friday, 20 Nov 2026 2026: Nov, Dec 2027: Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Sep ASMPT (522) ASM 200 KB LAMINATES (1888) KBL 500 CHINAGOLDINTL (2099) CGO 100 CSOP HS TECH (3033) CTE 4,000 HANSOH PHARMA (3692) HSP 2,000 GIGADEVICE (3986) GIG 100 BIREN TECH (6082) BRT 1,000 CIG (6166) CIG 250 MONTAGE TECH (6809) MTT 100 SKB BIO (6990) SKB 100 ILUVATAR COREX (9903) ILU 200 Details of new stock options are available in the circular issued today. General stock options contract summaries are also available on the HKEX website.

HKEX to Introduce 12 Stock Option Classes with Weekly and Monthly Expiries

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