American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Four Securities
December 08 2005 - 6:52PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R)
(Amex) will launch trading in options on Friday, December 9, 2005
on the following New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market
listed stocks of: -- Accuride Corporation (Symbol: ACW) -- Builders
FirstSource, Inc. (Stock Symbol: BLDR/Option Symbol: UWH) -- Eagle
Bulk Shipping Inc. (Stock Symbol: EGLE/Option Symbol: QEK) --
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (Symbol: ROC) Accuride Corporation options
will open with strike prices of 10 - 12-1/2 - 15 and position
limits of 5,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the February
expiration cycle with initial expirations in January, February, May
and August. The specialist will be LaBranche Structured Products
LLC. Accuride Corporation manufactures and supplies steel and
aluminum wheels for heavy/medium trucks and trailers. The Company
produces wheels for buses, commercial light trucks, sport utility
vehicles and for passenger cars. Builders FirstSource, Inc. options
will open with strike prices of 17-1/2 - 20 - 22-1/2 and position
limits of 5,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the February
expiration cycle with initial expirations in January, February, May
and August. The specialist will be Susquehanna Investment Group.
Builders FirstSource, Inc. manufactures and distributes building
products to professional homebuilders. Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. options will open with position limits of
7,500,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration
cycle. The specialist will be Group One Trading L.P. Eagle Bulk
Shipping Inc. owns a fleet of dry bulk vessels and transports a
range of major and minor bulk cargoes. The Company transports iron
ore, coal, grain, cement and fertilizer along worldwide shipping
routes. Rockwood Holdings, Inc. options will open with strike
prices of 15 - 17-1/2 - 20 and position limits of 5,000,000 shares.
The options will trade on the February expiration cycle with
initial expirations in January, February, May and August. The
specialist will be Jane Street Specialists, LLC. Rockwood Holdings,
Inc. is an international developer, manufacturer and marketer of
inorganic chemicals and solutions and engineered materials. The
Company's products include lithium compounds, fiber anatase
titanium dioxide, color pigments and ceramic-on-ceramic components
used in hip joint and prostheses systems. For more information on
any Amex-listed company, please visit http://www.amex.com/. The
American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) is the only primary exchange
that offers trading across a full range of equities, options and
exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and
HOLDRS(SM). In addition to its role as a national equities market,
the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for bringing the
first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry in
ETF listings, the Amex lists 150 ETFs. The Amex is also one of the
largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on
broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign
stocks. For more information, please visit http://www.amex.com/.
DATASOURCE: The American Stock Exchange CONTACT: Mary Chung of the
American Stock Exchange, +1-212-306-1641, Web site:
http://www.amex.com/
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