Attached please find the updated Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approvals Chart, current as of October 4, 2012. All prior versions are superseded and should be discarded. Please note the following developments since we distributed the last Approvals Chart:
(1) The CFTC has approved the following contracts for trading by U.S. persons: (i) BM&F Bovespa S.A.’s futures contract based on the S&P 500 Index; (ii) Eurex Deutschland’s futures contract based on the Euro STOXX 50 Ex Financials Index and its mini futures contract based on the Euro STOXX 50 Volatility Index; (iii) Osaka Securities Exchange’s futures contract based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average; and (iv) Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited’s futures contract based on the MSCI Indonesia Index.
(2) The SEC has not approved any new foreign equity index options since we last distributed the Approvals Chart.
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