PHILADELPHIA — October 3, 2006 -The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
(PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading ten new options
beginning Wednesday, October 4. Five of the options were allocated
to Market Street Securities:
Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (option/stock symbol:
UGD/SGMO) 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 50,000 contracts.
Portland General Electric Company (option/stock
symbol: POR) 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.
InfoUSA, Inc. (option/stock symbol: UHX
/ IUSA) 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 50,000 contracts.
Health Care REIT, Inc. (option/stock symbol: HCN)
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 75,000 contracts.
LJ International, Inc. (option/stock symbol: UOD/JADE)
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 50,000 contracts.
The following four options were allocated to LaBranche Structured
Prod. LLC:
Gartner, Inc. (option/stock symbol: IT)
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 75,000 contracts.
Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (option/stock symbol:
FVE) 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 50,000 contracts.
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (option/stock symbol:
UOZ/ACGL) 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.
American Vanguard Corporation (option/stock symbol:
AVD) 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 25,000 contracts.
The final option was allocated to Citadel Derivatives Trading Group
LLC:
Northgate Minerals Corporation (option/stock symbol:
NXG) 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 250,000 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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