The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will lower the margins on its FTSE Eurotop 100 and 300® futures contracts as of the close of business today. Margins on the Eurotop 100® contracts will be lowered to $8,000 from $11,000 and margins on the Eurotop 300® futures contracts will be lowered to $6,500 from $9,000.
