American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Six Securities
June 21 2004 - 4:32PM
PR Newswire (US)
American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Six Securities NEW
YORK, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R)
(Amex(R)) will launch trading in options on Tuesday, June 22, 2004
on the following Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange
listed stocks of: -- Enerplus Resources Fund (Symbol: ERF) --
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (Symbol: FNF) -- SeaChange
International, Inc. (Option Symbol: UEG/Stock Symbol: SEAC) --
Select Medical Corporation (Symbol: SEM) -- Telik, Inc. (Option
Symbol: ZUL/Stock Symbol: TELK) -- Tidewater Inc. (Symbol: TDW)
Enerplus Resources Fund options will open with position limits of
3,150,000 shares. The options will trade on the January expiration
cycle. The specialist will be Stuyvesant Trading Group. Enerplus
Resources Fund is a Canadian conventional oil and natural gas
income fund. Fidelity National Financial, Inc options will open
with position limits of 8,250,000 shares. The options will trade on
the January expiration cycle. The specialist will be Stuyvesant
Trading Group. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. provides insurance
underwriting and diversified real estate services. SeaChange
International, Inc. options will open with position limits of
3,150,000 shares. The options will trade on the January expiration
cycle. The specialist will be Group One Trading L.P. SeaChange
International, Inc. develops video server systems and software to
manage, store and distribute digital video for television operator
and telecommunications companies. Select Medical Corporation
options will open with position limits of 6,300,000 shares. The
options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The specialist
will be Fogel Group, LLC. Select Medical Corporation operates
specialty acute care hospitals for long term stay patients and
outpatient rehabilitation clinics through the US. Telik, Inc.
options will open with position limits of 3,150,000 shares. The
options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The specialist
will be TANSTAAFL Research & Trading, LLC. Telik, Inc. is a
biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and
commercializes small molecule drugs to treat serious diseases.
Tidewater Inc. options will open with position limits of 7,500,000
shares. The options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The
specialist will be AGS Specialists. Tidewater Inc. provides
offshore supply vessels and marine support services to the offshore
energy exploration, development and production 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 138 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. DATASOURCE: The American Stock Exchange CONTACT: Media,
Lynn Duffy of American Stock Exchange, +1-212-306-1654, Web site:
http://www.amex.com/
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