American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Shopping.com Ltd. and Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.
November 17 2004 - 12:48PM
PR Newswire (US)
American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Shopping.com Ltd. and
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ --
The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) will launch trading in
options on Thursday, November 18, 2004 on the Nasdaq Stock Market
and New York Stock Exchange listed stocks of Shopping.com Ltd.
(Stock Symbol: SHOP/Option Symbol: QSK) and Plum Creek Timber
Company, Inc. (Symbol: PCL). Shopping.com Ltd. will open with
position limits of 2,250,000 shares. The options will trade on the
March expiration cycle. The specialist will be AGS Specialists LLC.
Shopping.com Ltd. provides an on-line, real time interactive
information exchange for e-commerce buyers and sellers. Plum Creek
Timber Company, Inc. will open with position limits of 6,000,000
shares. The options will trade on the February expiration cycle.
The specialist will be TAANSTAAFL Research & Trading, LLC. Plum
Creek Timber Company, Inc. grows, harvests, and markets timber and
logs, and manufactures forest products such as lumber and plywood.
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 to date. 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. CONTACT: Dan Charnas of American Stock
Exchange, +1-212-306-1654, daniel.charnas@amex.com. DATASOURCE:
American Stock Exchange Web site: http://www.amex.com/
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