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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Two New Russell Options On Tuesday, February 20

Date 16/02/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade two new Russell Options on February 20, 2007. Both options were allocated to Citadel Derivatives Trading Group LLC:
  • Russell 2000 Index (option/stock symbol: RUT) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, June, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
  • Mini-Russell 2000 Index (option/stock symbol: RMN) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, June, and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, 2,340 equity options, 15 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.