Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) today announced the introduction of 18 single stock option classes in three batches, on 10 August, 17 August and 31 August 2026, respectively.

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 exceeding 942,000 contracts in the first half of 2026, up 9 per cent from the same period last year. Weekly single stock options, launched in November 2024, have also gained strong market traction, with more than 43 million contracts traded to date and consistently accounting for around 21 per cent of volume in the corresponding single stock options products.

With these additions, HKEX’s weekly single stock options contracts will cover 52 listed companies across a range of sectors.