Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London, Paris, 20 April 2010 - NYSE Arca Europe, NYSE Euronext’s European Multilateral Trading Facility, today announced that it will be giving customers access to the 100 most liquid US equities, featuring 86 NYSE listed companies and 14 other listings, from Wednesday 21 April, creating the first truly transatlantic trading platform. NYSE Arca Europe is inviting customers to set up their trading arrangements and will be offering a three-month fee holiday from 21 April.
This service will provide trading firms the first-ever opportunity to trade US securities on a European platform during European trading hours with settlement at DTC. In addition to the initial US stocks, further stocks are likely to be introduced in the near future.