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AMEX to Begin Trading Options on iShares
IndexFunds.com Staff
Friday, October 13, 2000
Today, AMEX announced that it will begin trading options on the iShares Russell 1000 Index Fund, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) managed by Barclays Global Investors (BGI). The announcement hails the first time an option will be traded on an ETF that tracks a broad-based, domestic small- and large-cap stock index.
AMEX also announced that on Wednesday, 10/18/2000, it will begin trading options on three additional iShares: the Russell 2000 Index Fund , the Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund, and the Russell 2000 Value Index Fund.
"Options on exchange-traded funds are a natural for the AMEX, as they link our three main product lines - options, ETFs and equities," said Salvatore F. Sodano, Chairman and CEO of AMEX.
Top 25 Stock Holdings of the iShares Russell 1000 Index Fund:
|
Rank
|
Ticker
|
Security Name
|
Price
|
Portfolio Weight %
|
| 1 |
GE |
General Electric Co |
57.69
|
4.31%
|
| 2 |
CSCO |
Cisco Systems Inc |
55.25
|
2.96%
|
| 3 |
XOM |
Exxon Mobil Corp |
89.13
|
2.35%
|
| 4 |
PFE |
Pfizer Inc |
44.94
|
2.14%
|
| 5 |
INTC |
Intel Corp |
41.63
|
2.11%
|
| 6 |
C |
Citigroup Inc |
54.06
|
1.84%
|
| 7 |
MSFT |
Microsoft Corp |
60.25
|
1.78%
|
| 8 |
EMC |
EMC Corp |
99.13
|
1.63%
|
| 9 |
IBM |
International Business Machines Corp |
112.50
|
1.50%
|
| 10 |
AIG |
American International Group Inc |
95.69
|
1.44%
|
| 11 |
SUNW |
Sun Microsystems Inc |
116.75
|
1.40%
|
| 12 |
MRK |
Merck & Co Inc |
74.44
|
1.29%
|
| 13 |
SBC |
SBC Communications Inc |
50.00
|
1.28%
|
| 14 |
ORCL |
Oracle Systems Corp |
78.75
|
1.28%
|
| 15 |
VZ |
Verizon Communications |
48.44
|
1.00%
|
| 16 |
WMT |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc |
48.13
|
0.99%
|
| 17 |
JNJ |
Johnson & Johnson |
93.94
|
0.99%
|
| 18 |
AOL |
America Online Inc |
53.75
|
0.94%
|
| 19 |
HD |
Home Depot Inc |
53.06
|
0.93%
|
| 20 |
BMY |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co |
57.13
|
0.85%
|
| 21 |
T |
AT&T Corp |
29.38
|
0.83%
|
| 22 |
KO |
The Coca-Cola Co |
55.13
|
0.83%
|
| 23 |
MWD |
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover & Co |
91.44
|
0.79%
|
| 24 |
LU |
Lucent Technologies Inc |
30.56
|
0.77%
|
| 25 |
PG |
Proctor & Gamble Co |
67.00
|
0.67%
|
Source: iShares.com