PHILADELPHIA – September 19, 2007
– The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that open
interest for dollar-settled World Currency Options (WCO) on the Euro
(XDE), British Pound (XDB), Australian Dollar (XDA), Canadian Dollar
(XDC), Swiss Franc (XDS) and Japanese Yen (XDN) surpassed 250,000
contracts for the first time (253,822 as of September 18, 2007).
"For retail securities investors, World Currency Options deliver
a fully electronic trading tool to tap the fast growing foreign exchange
market," said Daniel R. Carrigan, PHLX’s vice president
of new product development. "The broker-dealer community has
integrated WCOs into its product offering in order to add product
value to investment advisor directed accounts."
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades
more than 7,000 stocks, 2,502 equity options, 17 sectors index options
and currency options. For more information about the PHLX and its
products, visit
www.phlx.com.
