The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade six additional new options on April 4, 2007. All of the following options have been allocated to LaBranche Structured Products LLC:
Alliance Holdings GP LP
(option/stock symbol: AQP/AHGP) 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.
Double Hull Tanders, Inc.(option/stock symbol: DHT) 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.
Genco Shopping & Trading Ltd. (option/stock symbol: DQG/GSTL) 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.
Penson Worldwide, Inc. (option/stock symbol: BEU/PNSN) 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.
PICO Holdings, Inc. (option/stock symbol: DIU/PICO) 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.
Stifel Financial Corp. (option/stock symbol: SF) 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.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, 2,431 equity options, 15 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
