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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Pacific Exchange Trading Options On iShares

Date 23/12/2002

The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced that, today it began trading options on iShares Russell Midcap Index Fund (IWR). The options are trading on the February expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 13,500 contracts. The issue is being traded by Lead Market Maker Catherine Clay of Timber Hill, LLC.