The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade nine new options on July 8, 2008. All of these options were allocated to Citadel Derivatives Group, LLC:
AZZ Incorporated (option/stock symbol: AZZ) will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, November and February. Position and exercise limits have been set at 5,000,000 shares.Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (option/stock symbol: BBV) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, October and January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000,000 shares.
IShares MSCI Emerging Markets (option/stock symbol: EEV) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 20,000,000 shares.
Market Vectors-Coal ETF (option/stock symbol: KOL) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, October and January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 5,000,000 shares.
KBW Regional Banking ETF (option/stock symbol: KRE) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000,000 shares.
Lindsay Corporation (option/stock symbol: LNN) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares.
Sequenom Inc. (option/stock symbol: SQNM) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000,000 shares.
Telmex International S.A.B. DE C.V ADS (option/stock symbol: TII) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 5,000,000 shares.
SPDR Retail ETF (option/stock symbol: XRT) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000,000 shares.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, over 2,600 equity options, 15 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.