THE PHILADELPHIA STOCK
EXCHANGE TO BEGIN TRADING EIGHT NEW OPTIONS ON TUESDAY, MARCH 4
For more information, contact Barbara Sorid at 215-496-5200
or by e-mail
PHILADELPHIA — March 3, 2008 -The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
(PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade eight new options
on March 4, 2008. Four of the following options were allocated to
Group One Ltd.:
CNinsure, Inc. (option/stock symbol: FOO/CISG) will trade on the
January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March,
April, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been
set at 75,000 contracts.
Euroseas, Ltd. (option/stock symbol: GWQ/ESEA) will trade on the
March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March,
April, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been
set at 75,000 contracts.
Gafisa S.A. (option/stock symbol: GFA) will trade on the March expiration
cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, June and September.
Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
Gushan Environmental Energy Ltd. (option/stock symbol: GU) will
trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months
of March, April, June and September. Position and exercise limits
have been set at 50,000 contracts.
The following option was allocated to Citigroup Derivatives
Markets Inc.:
Mechel Steel Group (option/stock symbol: MTL) will trade on the January
expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, July
and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000
contracts.
The following two options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Products,
LLC:
China Southern Air (option/stock symbol: ZNH) will trade on the March
expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, June
and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000
contracts.
Investors Bancorp, Inc. (option/stock symbol: IQL/ISBC) will trade
on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of
March, April, July and October. Position and exercise limits have
been set at 75,000 contracts.
The following option was allocated to Susquehanna Investment Group:
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (option/stock symbol: DBA) will trade
on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of
March, April, July, October and January. 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, 2,640 equity options, 17sectors
index options and currency options and futures. For more information
about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
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