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Jun 21, 2013

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MSCI index futures contracts: 1. Tradability for Participants in the U.S., 2. Correction of contract values (Circular)

1. Tradability for Participants in the U.S.

As of 1 July 2013, Eurex Participants and investors domiciled in the U.S. will have the following additional products available for trading:

·         MSCI Europe Futures (FMEU)

·         MSCI World Futures (FMWO)

·         MSCI Japan Futures (FMJP)

·         MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex-Japan Futures (FMAS)

2. Correction of contract values

With Eurex circular 129/13, the introduction of MSCI Emerging Markets indexes was announced for 1 July 2013. Thereby, for some indexes, the contract value for some indexes was wrongly quoted as USD 25 in the contract specifications. However, the correct contract value is USD 50. 

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