American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Six New Securities
June 06 2006 - 6:21PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R)
(Amex(R)) will launch trading in options on Wednesday, June 7, 2006
on the following Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange
listed stocks of: -- ABB Ltd. (Symbol: ABB) -- Energy Partners,
Ltd. (Symbol: EPL) -- Silver Wheaton Corporation (Symbol: SLW) --
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (Option Symbol:
URP/Stock Symbol: EXPD) -- Finisar Corporation (Option Symbol:
FQP/Stock Symbol: FNSR) -- Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (Option
Symbol: FUX /Stock Symbol: MFLX) ABB, Ltd. options will open with
position limits of 25,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the
March expiration cycle. The specialist will be AGS Specialists,
LLC. ABB, through its subsidiaries, manufactures equipment and
offers products in power and automation technologies servicing
utility and industry customers. Energy Partners, Ltd. options will
open with position limits of 20,000,000 shares. The options will
trade on the February expiration cycle. The specialist will be
Trinity Derivatives Group, LLC. Energy Partners Ltd. is an
independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company.
Silver Wheaton Corporation options will open with position limits
of 25,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the March
expiration cycle. The specialist will be Jane Street Specialists,
LLC. Silver Wheaton Corporation buys and sells silver. Expeditors
International of Washington, Inc. options will open with position
limits of 25,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the February
expiration cycle. The specialist will be AGS Specialists, LLC.
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. is a global logistics
company. Finisar Corporation options will open with position limits
of 25,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the January
expiration cycle. The specialist will be Susquehanna Investment
Group. Finisar Corporation provides fiber optic subsystems and
network performance test systems which enable high-speed data
communications over local area network and storage area networks.
Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. options will open with position
limits of 7,500,000 shares. The options will trade on the February
expiration cycle. The specialist will be Trinity Derivatives Group,
LLC. Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. provides flexible printed
circuit and component assembly solutions to the electronics
industry. 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 167
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: American Stock Exchange CONTACT:
Catherine Chantharaj of American Stock Exchange, +1-212-306-1689,
Web site: http://www.amex.com/
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