The Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission announced on the 20th that it will launch the first A-share-related stock index futures. Recently, HKEx has signed a new authorization agreement with MSCI to launch a futures contract with MSCI China A50 Interconnection Index as the target. According to the work arrangement, this offshore A-share index futures product with balanced industry representation will be launched in June 5438+1October 65438+August this year.

Experts said that stock index futures is a neutral risk management tool with two-way trading function, and traders can go long or short. The development of overseas markets shows that stock index futures are beneficial to price discovery and risk management in the stock market. Especially from the functional point of view, stock index futures provide investors with a tool to hedge the spot price risk, which is helpful to reduce the "big inflow and big outflow" of funds, avoid the "big ups and downs" of the market, help stabilize the stock market fluctuations, and have positive significance for enhancing the stability of the stock market.

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