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The Executive Board of Eurex Clearing AG decided to reduce the minimum amount of tradable contracts for the Block Trade-, Flexible Options- and Futures Trade facilities for selected index products as follows:
· For futures and options on the Dow Jones STOXXÒ Small, Mid, Large 200 Indexes (F2SM/O2SM, F2MI/O2MI, F2LA/O2LA), the Dow Jones EURO STOXXÒ Select Dividend 30 Index (FEDV/OEDV), the Dow Jones STOXXÒ 600 Index (F600/O600) and the MDAXÒ (F2MX/O2MX) to 100 contracts;
· For options on the Dow Jones STOXX 50Ò Index (OSTX) and for options and futures on the DivDAXÒ (FDIV/ODIV), the TecDAXÒ (FTDX/OTDX), the SLI Swiss Leader IndexÒ (FSLI/OSLI) and the SMIMÒ (FSMM/OSMM) to 250 contracts.
The modified Conditions for Utilization of the OTC Trade Entry Facilities (General Conditions for Participation) will become effective on August 20, 2009.
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