American Stock Exchange To Trade Options On Six Securities
November 15 2004 - 9:40AM
PR Newswire (US)
American Stock Exchange To Trade Options On Six Securities NEW
YORK, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R)
(Amex(R)) launched trading in options today on the following Nasdaq
Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange listed stocks: * Alliance
Resource Partners (Option Symbol: AFV; Stock Symbol: ARLP) *
Centene Corp. (Stock & Option Symbol: CNC) * Fording Canadian
Coal Trust (Stock & Option Symbol: FDG) * MICROS Systems, Inc.
(Option Symbol: MFK; Stock Symbol: MCRS) * Portfolio Recovery
Associates, Inc. (Option Symbol: PBB; Stock Symbol: PRAA) * SRA
International, Inc. (Symbol: SRX) Alliance Resource Partners
options will open with position limits of 1,350,000 shares. The
options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The Specialist
will be Wolverine Trading, LP. Alliance Resource Partners produces
and markets coal to United States utilities and industrial users.
Centene Corp. options will open with position limits of 3,150,000
shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The
Specialist will be LaBranche Structured Products, LLC. Centene
Corp. is a multi-line managed care organization that provides
Medicaid and Medicaid programs. Fording Canadian Coal Trust options
will open with position limits of 1,350,000 shares. The options
will trade on the March expiration cycle. The Specialist will be TD
Options, LLC. Fording Canadian Coal Trust is a trust that owns
metallurgical coal producing assets for export, and produces the
industrial mineral wollastonite. MICROS Systems Inc. options will
open with position limits of 1,350,000 shares. The options will
trade on the March expiration cycle. The Specialist will be
TANSTAAFL Research & Trading, LLC. MICROS Systems designs
manufactures, markets and services enterprise information solutions
for the global hospitality industry. Portfolio Recovery Associates
options will open with position limits of 1,350,000 shares. The
options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The Specialist
will be Bowery Specialist Group, LLC. Portfolio Recovery Associates
provides outsourced receivables management. SRA International, Inc.
options will open with position limits of 1,350,000 shares. The
options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The Specialist
will be Stuyvesant Trading Group. SRA International provides
information technology services and solutions to United States
federal government organizations. 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 143
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: Dan Charnas of American Stock Exchange, +1-212-306-1654,
or Web site: http://www.amex.com/
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