* Options on Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), which were allocated to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, will trade in bin 10 on a March expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 31,500 contracts.
* Options on Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP), which were allocated to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, will trade in bin 10 on a March expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 22,500 contracts.
* Options on iShares Russell 1000 Index Fund (IWB), which were allocated to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, will trade in bin 10 on a February expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 22,500 contracts.
* Options on iShares Russell 3000 Index Fund (IWV), which were allocated to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, will trade in bin 10 on a February expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 60,000 contracts.
* Options on Union Pacific Corp. (UNP), which were allocated to SLK-Hull Derivatives LLC, will trade in bin 2 on a February expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000 contracts.
* Options on United States Steel Corp. (X), which were allocated to Bear Wagner Specialists LLC, will trade in bin 6 on a January expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000 contracts.
* Options on Activision Inc. (ATVI), which were allocated to Knight Financial Products LLC, will trade in bin 1 on a February expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 60,000 contracts.
* Options on Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (CTSH), which were allocated to Bear Wagner Specialists LLC, will trade in bin 6 on a January expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 60,000 contracts.
* Options on GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK), which were allocated to SLK-Hull Derivatives LLC, will trade in bin 2 on a February expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 31,500 contracts.
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