CBOE To List Options On Given Imaging Ltd
Thursday
CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- Options in Given Imaging Ltd. (GIVN), a Yoqneam, Israel ,
diagnostic imaging company, will begin trading Thursday on the Chicago Board Options Exchange under the symbol QPG.
In a press release Wednesday, the exchange said the options will trade on the February expiration cycle, with introductory
expirations in April, May, August and November.
Initial strike prices have been set at 7-1/2, 10, and 12-1/2, with position limits of 22,500 contracts.
Mercury Trading has been named the designated primary market maker in the options.
Shares of Given Imaging traded recently at $8.95, down 51 cents, or 5.4%, on Nasdaq volume of 135,100 shares. Average
daily volume is 171,001 shares.
The company has developed an imaging system that allows physicians to examine the gastrointestinal tract using a miniaturized
color-image video camera contained in a capsule that is ingested by the patient.
CBOE Web site: cboe.com
-Consella A. Lee; Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5400 |
