PHILADELPHIA — October 2, 2006 -The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
(PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading seven new options
beginning Tuesday, October 3. Five of the options were allocated
to Market Street Securities:
Advantage Energy Income Fund (option/stock symbol:
AAV) will trade on the February expiration cycle
with initial expiration months of October, November, February and
May. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
Brookfield Homes Corporation (option/stock symbol:
BHS) will trade on the March expiration cycle with
initial expiration months of October, November, December and March.
Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
Coherent, Inc. (option/stock symbol: HRQ
/ COHR) will trade on the February expiration cycle with
initial expiration months of October, November, January, February
and May. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
Escala Group, Inc. (option/stock symbol: UGL
/ ESCL) will trade on the January expiration cycle with
initial expiration months of October, November, January and April.
Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.
Gevity HR, Inc. (option/stock symbol: HWU/GVHR)
will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of October, November, February and May. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
The following two options were allocated to Group One Ltd:
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (option/stock symbol:
WTS) will trade on the March expiration cycle with
initial expiration months of October, November, December and March.
Position and exercise limits have been set at 200,000 contracts.
The Exploration Company of Delaware (option/stock
symbol: QOT / TXCO) will trade on the February
expiration cycle with initial expiration months of October, November,
February and May. Position and exercise limits have been set at
75,000 contracts.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades
1,943 stocks, 2,231 equity options, 16 sectors index options and
currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX
and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
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