Chi-X Europe Extends Trading to Portuguese Stocks

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Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:00am EDT

LONDON--(Business Wire)--
Chi-X® Europe Limited, operator of the largest pan-European equity multilateral
trading facility (MTF), today announced that it has begun trading the following
five component stocks of the Portuguese PSI 20 Index:

* EDP Renovaveis 
* Energias de Portugal 
* Galp Energia 
* Portugal Telecom 
* Zon Multimedia

Chi-X Europe will complete the rollout of the PSI 20 index constituents on
Friday 3rd July 2009. 

"Now in our third year of trading, we continue to introduce trading services for
many of Europe`s most heavily-traded equities in the first, second and third
tier indices and are pleased to extend coverage to these Portuguese names,"
commented Mark Howarth, CEO of Chi-X Europe Limited. "We remain committed to
providing the European trading community with a low cost operating model
designed to help our Trading Participants achieve ultra low execution, clearing
and settlement costs." 

Trades in these stocks will be cleared through European Multilateral Clearing
Facility N.V. (EMCF) and settled at the domestic Central Securities Depository,
Interbolsa, in line with Chi-X Europe`s practice of maintaining fungibility with
trades on the incumbent exchanges. 

About Chi-X® Europe

Chi-X Europe Limited is an FSA-authorised securities firm operating a
multilateral trading facility (MTF) for the trading of a wide range of European
equities in both a visible order book and the Chi-Delta non-displayed order
book. Chi-X Europe`s low-cost, streamlined operating model is designed to help
trading participants achieve ultra-low execution, clearing and settlement costs,
and benchmark tests have shown Chi-X Europe to be significantly faster than
Europe`s traditional equity exchanges. Chi-X Europe disseminates real-time
market data to clients directly and via third-party market data vendors at no
cost, and off-exchange trade reporting is available for a low monthly fee. For
more information, please visit www.chi-x.com. 

©2009 Chi-X Europe Limited. All rights reserved. CHI-X is a registered trademark
in the UK and Europe. Approved for distribution in Europe by Chi-X Europe
Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. 



Instinet
Mark Dowd, 212-310-5331
First Vice President, Global Corporate Communications & Public Relations
mark.dowd@instinet.com
or
Streets Consulting Ltd. for Chi-X Europe Limited
Julia Streets, + 44 7976 205552
julia.streets@streetsconsulting.com

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