The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Launches Initial Options Trading On iShares Dow Jones Index-Linked Exchange Traded Funds

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will launch, for the first time in the marketplace, options on four iShares Exchange Traded Funds based on Dow Jones Indexes. Newly traded options on iShares based on Dow Jones Indexes listings cover U.S. markets as follows:

iShares DJ U.S. Consumer Services Sector Index^SM (IYC)
iShares DJ U.S. Financial Services Sector Index^SM (IYG)
iShares DJ U.S. Industrial Sector Index^SM (IYJ)
iShares DJ U.S. Consumer Goods Sector Index^SM (IYK)

Options on iShares ETFs based on Dow Jones Indexes will trade on PHLX XL, the Exchange’s electronic trading platform, along with 21 other PHLX proprietary indexes and 2,000 equities.

“PHLX extends the value proposition of electronic trading to Dow Jones Index-linked ETFs covering important U.S. sectors for the first time,” said PHLX Vice President of New Products, Daniel Carrigan. “Increased ETF Sector products benefits PHLX retail and institutional customers to position trades against broad-based U.S. equity indexes,” added Carrigan.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades 2,000 stocks, 1,926 equity ptions, 21 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.

About Dow Jones
“Dow Jones”, “Dow Jones Indexes” and the names identifying each of the above-listed indexes are service marks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. The Dow Jones Index-Linked ETF Options are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, and Dow Jones makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s)”.