American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Seven Additional
Securities
NEW YORK, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) will
launch trading in options on Monday, April 5, 2004 on the following American
Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange listed stocks
of: * Alvarion Ltd. (Option Symbol: QBY/Nasdaq: ALVR)
* ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Option Symbol: UAQ/Nasdaq: ARIA)
* Bema Gold Corporation (AMEX:BGO)
* Immersion Corporation (Option Symbol: IMU/Nasdaq: IMMR)
* Intervoice, Inc. (Option Symbol: VQN/Nasdaq: INTV)
* Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (NYSE:SMI)
* Stratasys, Inc. (Option Symbol: QQG/Nasdaq: SSYS) Alvarion Ltd. 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. Alvarion Ltd. provides point-to-multipoint
wireless access solutions to telecommunications carriers, service providers and
enterprises worldwide.
ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. options will open with position limits of 3,150,000
shares. The options will trade on the February expiration cycle. The specialist
will be Kellogg Capital Group, LLC. ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and
develops breakthrough medicines that regulate cell signaling with small
molecules.
Bema Gold Corporation 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, LLC. Amex-listed Bema Gold Corporation mines gold. The
Company operates in Russia, South Africa, Chile and Canada.
Immersion Corporation options will open with position limits of 2,250,000
shares. The options will trade on the February expiration cycle. The specialist
will be Wolverine Trading L.P. Immersion Corporation develops and licenses
hardware and software technologies that enable users to interact with computers
using their sense oftouch.
Intervoice, Inc. options will open with position limits of 3,150,000 shares.
The options will trade on the February expiration cycle. The specialist will be
TD Options, LLC. Intervoice, Inc. develops, sells and services interactive
voide response (IVR) systems.
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation options will open with
position limits of 3,150,000 shares. The options will trade on the March
expiration cycle. The specialist will be AGS Specialists, LLC. Semiconductor
Manufacturing International Corporation manufactures, trades, packages, tests
and provides computer-aided design integrated circuits.
Stratasys, Inc. options will open with position limits of 6,000,000 shares. The
options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be Group
One Trading, L.P. Stratasys, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets rapid
prototyping systems.
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: Lynn Duffy of the American Stock Exchange, +1-212-306-1654, Web site: http://www.amex.com/
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