Colruyt NV is a distribution group, known for its low price policy.
The new options will be traded on LIFFE CONNECTÒ and will have the standard contract specifications, i.e. American Style, a contract size of 100 underlying shares, expiry on the 3rd Friday of the month, with initial maturities of 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months in the March/ June/ September/ December cycle. The option’s trading code will be COL. Liquidity in these new options will be provided by three Liquidity Providers: TimberHill (Europe) A.G.; Madron B.V. and Delta Lloyd Securities N.V.
“With the introduction of an option class on Colruyt N.V. we give investors the chance to better hedge their portfolios and at the same time increase investment opportunities in Colruyt”, said Harold Duineveld, Head of Amsterdam and Brussels Marketing at Euronext.liffe.
About Euronext.liffe
Euronext.liffe is Euronext’s international derivatives business and the world’s second largest derivatives exchange, by value of business traded. Every day, business worth over €1,100 billion is entrusted to Euronext.liffe by customers based worldwide. Euronext.liffe offers the widest choice of derivatives products: futures and options on the world’s major short-term interest rates, equities, indices, swaps and government bonds, commodities and currencies. All these products can be traded through a single connection to LIFFE CONNECT® – the world’s most advanced electronic trading platform.