Eurex Offers New Equity Options On Neuer Markt Stocks - Options On Aixtron, Broadvision And Qiagen Expand The Product Line

Eurex, the international derivatives market, is further expanding its product line in equity derivatives for the Neuer Markt: As of July 23, the world's leading derivatives market is offering three new stock options, on Aixtron, Broadvision and Quiagen. This means there are now a total of eight Neuer Markt stock options available for trading at Eurex - in addition to the new options, the existing options on Consors, EM TV, Intershop, Mobilcom and T-Online - as well as futures and options on the Neuer Markt index, the Nemax 50. As in the case of all options at Eurex, the options in the Neuer Markt options segment are supported by professional market-making.

The options on Neuer Markt stocks as well as the options and futures on the Nemax 50 index have been on an extremely favorable trend since they were introduced. A total of roughly 4.3 million contracts have been traded in the products based on Neuer Markt this year, which corresponds to about 28,000 contracts per day. This represents an increase of more than 150 percent against the daily average of 11,000 contracts traded the previous year.

Eurex is conducting a series of seminars again this year for private investors in Germany and Switzerland.

In addition to trading in futures and options, the new products are generally also presented as part of the program. More information about the events for private investors and how to register for them is provided at: http:// www.eurexchange.com/retail/seminars_de.html