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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Options Trader Alert #2012 - 51
Name Changes to PHLX World Currency Options, Effective Wednesday, August 1, 2012

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What you need to know:

  • Effective Wednesday, August 1, 2012, PHLX will will enact name changes to select PHLX World Currency Options (WCOs).
  • The WCO trading symbols will remain unchanged.

What is changing?

Effective Wednesday, August 1, 2012, NASDAQ OMX PHLXSM (PHLX®) will change the names of select PHLX WCOs. The trading symbols for the WCOs will remain unchanged.

Trading Symbol Old Name New Name
XDA Australian Dollar-WCO PHLX Australian Dollar
XDB British Pound-WCO PHLX British Pound
XDC Canadian Dollar-WCO PHLX Canadian Dollar
XDE Euro-WCO PHLX Euro
XDS Swiss Franc-WCO PHLX Swiss Franc
XDZ New Zealand Dollar-WCO PHLX New Zealand Dollar
XDN Japanese Yen-WCO PHLX Japanese Yen

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