The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Postpone The Trading Of Seven New Options Set To Begin On Thursday, December 28

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will temporarily postpone seven of the fourteen new options beginning Thursday, December 28. The following options, allocated to Citadel Derivatives Trading Group LLC, have been postponed until further notice:

• iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (option/stock symbol: EEM) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, March and June. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.
• iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (option/stock symbol: EFA) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, March and June. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.
• iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund (option/stock symbol: EWC) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, March and June. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.
• iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund (option/stock symbol: EWH) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, March and June. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.
• Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (option/stock symbol: XLP) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, March and June. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.
• iShares NASDAQ Biotech Index (option/stock symbol: IBB) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, March and June. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.
• Street Tracks SPDR Homebuilders ETF (option/stock symbol: XHB) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, March and June. 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, 2,327 equity options, 17 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.