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Media Contact: Bari Trontz
American Stock Exchange
212-306-8964 / bari.trontz@amex.com

 

AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE LAUNCHES TRADING IN
THE NETS DAX INDEX FUND

New York, April 11, 2008 – The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) today announced that it launched trading in the NETS™ DAX® Index Fund by Northern Trust Global Investments.  The new ETF is listed under the ticker symbol “DAX.”

DAX aims to track the price and yield performance of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the German market, as represented by the DAX® Index.  The Index consists of the 30 largest and most actively traded companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

“The Amex is proud to partner with Northern Trust in expanding their new family of NETS ETFs to include exposure to the German equity market through DAX,” said Scott Ebner, Senior Vice President of the Amex ETF Marketplace. “There now are three NETS ETFs based on international benchmark indexes, all of which are listed on Amex.” 

Susquehanna Investment Group is the specialist for DAX.

About American Stock Exchange
The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRSSM. In addition to its role as a national equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry in ETF listings, the Amex lists 388 ETFs to date. The Amex is also one of the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks.