Austrian Blue-Chip ATX ETF Launched In Deutsche Börse XTF sSgment - Exposure To Leading Benchmark Index For Austrian Companies - XTF Segment Witnessed Record Turnover In First Quarter 2006

Deutsche Börse is further expanding its XTF segment for exchange-traded funds on the Xetra pan-European trading platform. On Monday, 22 May, a new ETF was issued by Indexchange. The new product enables investors to increase specific exposure to the Austrian Traded Index, ATX.

The Indexchange ETF ATX®EX (ISIN: DE000A0D8Q23) allows retail and institutional investors to track the Austrian Traded Index (ATX). This index covers the largest companies, measured by market capitalization and exchange turnover, listed in the Prime Market segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange. The ATX is a recognized benchmark index and includes companies from a broad range of sectors.

In the first quarter of 2006, XTF generated with €16.6 billion the highest quarterly turnover ever since the segment’s introduction. This represents an increase of 50 percent year-on-year (Q1 2005: €11.0 bn). A total of 118 index funds are now listed in the segment, with 39 new products added since the beginning of 2006. Assets under management increased by 78 percent to a record level of €32.3 billion (Q1 2005:18.2 bn). Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment is the leading platform in Europe, with approx. 50 percent of European trading in exchange-traded funds and the largest listed ETF offering of any European exchange.