ICE Futures U.S. Announces Launch Of Five New Forex Contracts

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced today it has added five new currency pairs to its line-up of forex contracts. The new contracts are expected to begin trading January 12, 2015 on ICE Futures U.S.

Contract		Code
Israeli shekel / U.S. dollar		ILS
Polish zloty / Euro		PLE
Polish zloty / U.S. dollar		PLN
Turkish lira / Euro		ETR
Turkish lira / U.S. dollar		TRM

“We are pleased to expand our offering and provide additional risk management and hedging tools for our customers in these markets,” said ICE Futures U.S. President Benjamin Jackson.

These contracts will trade alongside the ICE U.S. Dollar Index^(R) (USDX) future, the most widely recognized U.S. dollar benchmark and ICE’s offering of nearly 60 currency contracts. They also join ICE’s offering of emerging market currency contracts which include the Brazilian real, Colombian peso, Indian rupee, Mexican peso and Russian ruble.