The Athens Stock Exchange, during today's session of its Stock Markets Steering Committee (SMSC), approved the listing of a new Futures Contract on the FTSE/ATHEX Bank Index, as well as the drafting of a new ATHEX BoD Resolution, regarding the specifications of this product, the terms and conditions under which the expiration dates are set, the daily settlement price calculation method, the special terms of pre agreed block trades and the terms of Market Making obligations. The first trading day of this product will be on Monday 28th of June 2021. You may find the relevant ATHEX BoD Resolution on the ATHEXGroup website and more specifically here.
Also, the S.M.S.C approved the amendment of the ATHEX BoD Resolutions 22 and 24, regarding the technical aspects and trading fees, termination of and failure to comply with the Market Making obligations, as well as the acquisition of Market Making license for this product by the ATHEX Members Piraeus Securities S.A. and EUROXX Securities S.A. and set the start date of the related obligations on the first trading day of the product.
Finally, S.M.S.C. approved the amendment of the ATHEX BoD Resolutions 10 and 12, regarding the starting price of Futures Contracts on Stocks and Indices. Effective on Monday 28th of June 2021, the starting price of those products will be set based on the settlement price of the last trading session for every expiration date. In case that a settlement price is unavailable for the last trading session, then and only then, the theoretical price of the instrument will be considered as its starting price.
