HKEX to launch 12 new stock option classes on November 9

Hong Kong exchange group HKEX announced that trading in 12 new stock option classes will start on November 9, 2026, with weekly and monthly expiries available from the first day.

The underlying assets include ASMPT, GigaDevice, Biren Tech, Hansoh Pharma and other companies, as well as the CSOP HS TECH fund. The additions will bring HKEX's weekly option coverage to 66 companies and exchange-traded funds.

The first weekly contracts will expire on November 13 and 20. Monthly expiries will cover November and December 2026 and January, February, March, June and September 2027. Contract sizes vary by underlying asset.

HKEX said stock options' average daily trading volume reached 899,056 contracts in the first nine months of 2026, up 1.4% from a year earlier. Weekly options, introduced in November 2024, account for around 20% of volume in the corresponding option products.