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Oct 24, 2018

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A. ETC options: Adjustment of contract size for Xetra-Gold® and ETFS Physical Gold; B. Change of Pre-Trading Period in Variance-Futures on the EURO STOXX 50® index

The Management Board of Eurex Deutschland took the following decisions with effect from 25 October 2018:

  • Reduction of the contract size for Xetra-Gold® (product code OXGL) to 100 lots (from previously 1,000 lots);
  • Reduction of the contract size for ETFS Physical Gold (product code OPHA) to 10 lots (from previously 100 lots);
  • Change of the Pre-Trading Period start in Variance Futures on the EURO STOXX 50® index (product code EVAR) from 07:00 CET to 07:30 CET.

This circular provides information on the proposed changes and the updated sections of the relevant Rules and Regulations of Eurex Deutschland.

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