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With these issues, the number of warrants traded on the market stands now at 1,853, which is more than the figure for 2005 and a yearly record high.
The Spanish Exchange today began to trade 113 new warrants issued by BBVA Banco de Financiación. The new issues are linked to a wide range of underlying assets, including domestic and foreign shares and indices and exchange rates.
With these issues, the number of warrants traded on the market stands now at 1,853, which is more than the figure for 2005 and a yearly record high.
As to warrants on exchange rates, 20 were issued, of which 5 were linked to the Euro / Yen, 10 on the Euro / Dollar and 5 on the Dollar / Mexican Peso.
As to the warrants on Spanish shares, 51 were issued on the following underlying assets: Altadis, BBVA, Gas Natural, Iberdrola, Inditex, Indra, Banco Popular, Repsol, SCH, Telefónica and Zeltia.
32 warrants were issued on the following foreign shares: Alcatel, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, France Telecom, Nokia and Philips Regarding domestic indices, 5 warrants were admitted to trading on the IBEX 35®. Another 5 warrants were issued on the international Dow Jones Eurostoxx 50.
Among the issues are call and put warrants, with expiry date in March 2007 except those whose expiry date is in December 2006. They are all American style, that is they are exercised on the expiry date.
