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THE PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW SECTOR INDEXESFor more information, contact Barbara Sorid at 215-496-5200 or by e-mail PHILADELPHIA – June 27, 2007 – The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it launched four new sector indexes: PHLX Medical Device Index (MXZsm), PHLX Retail Index (XREsm), PHLX Chemicals Index (XCMsm), and PHLX Sports Index (SXPsm). PHLX Medical Device Index (MXZ) is an equal-dollar weighted index composed of 17 companies engaged in the development and manufacturing of devise-based therapies and surgical devices. PHLX Retail Index (XRE) is an equal-dollar weighted index composed
of 30 components engaged in general and specialty merchandise consumer
sales primarily in the US. PHLX Sports Index (SXP) is an equal-dollar weighted index composed of 13 components engaged in consumer sports products, entertainment and fitness. "Today’s expansion of the PHLX Sector Index family offers innovative benchmark indicies for the creation of trading and investment products," said Daniel R. Carrigan, PHLX’s vice president of new product development. "The PHLX Sports Index, for example, typifies our efforts to carve out new equity sectors in order to track existing and emerging companies,” he said. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades
more than 7,000 stocks, 2,520 equity options, 17 sectors index options
and currency options. For more information about the PHLX and its
products, visit www.phlx.com.
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