PHILADELPHIA — October 30, 2006 -The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
(PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading four new options
beginning Tuesday, October 31. The following options were allocated
to Citadel Derivatives Trading Group LLC:
Penn West Energy Trust (option/stock symbol:
PWE) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial
expiration months of November, December, March and June. Position
and exercise limits have been set at 100,000 contracts until December
16, 2006, then the limits will revert to 25,000 contracts.
Liberty Interactive Series A (option/stock symbol:
NLH/LINTA) will trade on the January expiration
cycle with initial expiration months of November, December, January
and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 275,000
contracts until January 19, 2008, then the limits will revert to
25,000 contracts.
Liberty Capital Series A (option/stock symbol:
NLD/LCAPA) will trade on the January expiration
cycle with initial expiration months of November, December, January
and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 275,000
contracts.
The final option was allocated to Timber Hill Inc.
Mueller Industries, Inc. (option/stock symbol:
MLI) will trade on the March expiration cycle with
initial expiration months of November, December, March and June.
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, 2,287 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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