Eurex
We would like to inform you that effective after the close of business on February 29, 2012, the STOXX® Europe 600 Personal & Household Goods Index Futures Contract (Eurex product code: FSTZ) will be considered under U.S. law to be a security future and will therefore no longer be tradable on Eurex trading terminals in the U.S.
As of this date, futures on the STOXX® Europe 600 Personal & Household Goods index may no longer be publicly offered or distributed in the U.S. or offered or sold to U.S. persons except as permitted by U.S. securities and commodity futures law.
This circular also provides additional background regarding Eurex's recent decision to end trading of the EURO STOXX® Banks Index Futures Contract (communicated via Eurex circular 260/11) via its U.S. terminals.
Market Status ⓘ
XEUR
The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.
Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Eurex webpage under Support --> Emergencies and safeguards. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message.
We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.
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