The Zhitong Finance App learned that on June 5, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced that 21 securities including Tencent Holdings and Alibaba will become dual-counter securities on the same day the “HKD-RMB Dual Counter Model” was launched. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange also said that before the introduction of the dual-counter model, more securities may be accepted and added to the dual-counter securities list.

The first batch of lists included Hang Seng Bank (00011), Sun Hung Kai Properties (00016), Shangtang-W (00020), Geely (00175), China Resources Beer (00291), Hong Kong Stock Exchange (00388), Tencent (00700), CNOOC (00883), China Mobile (00941), Lenovo (00992), Kuaishou-W (01024), AIA (01299), Xiaomi Group-W (01810), Anta (02020), Li Ning 2331), Bank of China Hong Kong (02388), US Region-W (03690), JD Health (06618), JD Group-SW (09618), Baidu Group-SW (09888), and Alibaba-SW (09988).

The following 21 securities will be designated by HKEx as dual-counter securities with effect from the introduction of the dual-counter model:

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange also said that more securities may be accepted and added to the dual-counter securities list before the launch of the dual-counter model. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange also announced that nine exchange participants have been awarded dual counter bookmakers. After the launch of the dual counter model, they can carry out bookmaker activities or provide liquidity activities on the corresponding dual counter securities, namely Bank of China International, CICC Lyon, Eclipse Options, Flow Traders, Cathay Pacific, IMC Asia Pacific, Jane Street, and Optiver Trading.