NYSE Liffe U.S., the innovative new U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today announced that on September 8 it completed the first day of trading in its first three equity index futures products: MSCI USA Mini Index Futures (ticker: MUN); MSCI Emerging Markets Mini Index Futures (ticker:
On their first day of trading, futures on these three MSCI indices traded a total of 652 contracts on NYSE Liffe
“Less than a year after the launch of NYSE Liffe U.S., we are extremely pleased to offer our customers our first equity index futures based on the MSCI USA, MSCI Emerging Markets and MSCI EAFE indices,” said Thomas F. Callahan, NYSE Euronext Executive Vice President, Head of U.S. Futures. “Our goal has always been to offer products and services across multiple asset classes, enhancing liquidity in the U.S. futures markets and opening the door to the unique efficiencies and competitive advantages the NYSE Euronext family can provide, like the Futures Incentive Program between NYSE Liffe U.S. and NYSE Arca. These are the first of many MSCI products we plan to introduce in the months ahead.”
“MSCI is proud to have licensed our indices as the basis for these inaugural equity index products trading on NYSE Liffe
As the first products launched under a broad licensing agreement with global index provider MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MXB), these contracts represent NYSE Liffe
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