MEFF, BME’s derivatives market, is expanding its derivatives offering with the addition of HBX Group as a new underlying asset, enabling the trading of Futures and Options on the company’s shares. The goal is to respond to market participants’ requests, facilitate hedging for their portfolios, and serve as support for structured products that contain this underlying.
HBX, a leading independent B2B marketplace in travel technology that owns and operates Hotelbeds, Bedsonline, and Roiback, debuted on the Spanish stock exchange on February 13 of last year.
With this addition, the total number of Spanish underlyings that can be traded on MEFF rises to 47. In addition, BME’s derivatives market offers a wide range of tradable products, including Futures and Options on the IBEX 35© index, Futures on the IBEX Dividend Impact index, and on Dividends of Shares of companies with the highest trading volumes. They also offer xRolling products in both currency and equities.
In the first quarter of the year, the volume traded in Stock Futures has grown by 8.2%, while IBEX 35© Options have increased by 52.2% in this period.
You can find more information about MEFF on its website.