The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade eleven new options on April 8, 2008. Ten of the following options were allocated to Group One Ltd:
MSCI, Inc. (option/stock symbol: MXB) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.The last option was allocated to Susquehanna Investment Group:China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. (option/stock symbol: NPD) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
United States Gasoline Fund LP (option/stock symbol: UGA) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods (option/stock symbol: WBD) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
Woodward Governor Company (option/stock symbol: GUP/WGOV) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
EnergySolutions, Inc. (option/stock symbol: ES) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
Contango Oil & Gas Company (option/stock symbol: MCF) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.
Fushi Copperweld, Inc. (option/stock symbol: FQN/FSIN) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. (option/stock symbol: FCF) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (option/stock symbol: QRF/OREX) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund (option/stock symbol: IVV) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, June, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, 2,640 equity options, 16 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
