Euronext.Liffe Announces A Further 3 Italian Stock Futures

Euronext.liffe, the derivatives business of Euronext, has announced that it will list a further 3 Universal Stock Futures from Monday 31 March 2003. From that date a total of 116 Universal Stock Futures will be available, the greatest number and broadest range of international single stock futures on any exchange in the world, cleared and settled through a single clearing system and traded under a single regulatory regime.

This latest tranche of Italian stocks is focused on blue chip companies, adding to the 9 existing Italian stocks currently listed on the world's most advanced trading system LIFFE CONNECT™.

Contract	Underlying Country	Underlying Exchange
Banca Intesa SpA	Italy	Borsa Italiana
Riunione Adriatica di Sicurta SpA	Italy	Borsa Italiana
STMicroelectonics NV	Italy	Borsa Italiana

Simon Raybould, Euronext.liffe's Managing Director of Sales and Marketing said, "The new Universal Stock Futures contracts were selected following consultation with the market to broaden the range of Italian stocks already listed. The nine Universal Stock Futures currently listed on Euronext.liffe, account for 35% of the global volume in these products. Listing these additional stocks will offer customers a cheaper means of trading in a wider range of Italian stocks which can be used for a range of trading strategies."