PHILADELPHIA — December 28, 2006 -The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
(PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade three additional
options, along with the four options previously posted, beginning
Friday, December 29. The following two options were allocated to
LaBranche Structured Products LLC:
The Warnaco Group Inc. (option/stock symbol: QDC/WRNC)
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.
GateHouse Media, Inc. (option/stock symbol: GHS)
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 25,000 contracts.
The final option was allocated to Market Street Securities:
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (option/stock symbol:
ETE) 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 25,000 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.
