PHILADELPHIA — December 27, 2006 -The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
(PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading fourteen new options
beginning Thursday, December 28. The following options have all
been allocated to Citadel Derivatives Trading Group LLC:
Constellation Energy (option/stock symbol: CEG)
will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of January, February, April and July. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.
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.
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (option/stock symbol:
ETP) 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 50,000 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.
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (option/stock symbol:
HTZ) will trade on the March expiration cycle with
initial expiration months January, February, March and June. Position
and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 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.
Vali Resorts, Inc. (option/stock symbol: MTN)
will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of January, February, April and July. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
TEPPCO Partners, L.P. (option/stock symbol: TPP)
will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of January, February, April and July. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
Telecom HOLDRs Trust (option/stock symbol: TTH)
will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of January, February, May and August. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
Travelzoo, Inc. (option/stock symbol: QTV/TZOO)
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.
