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The EURO STOXX 50 futures and options contracts are traded on [[Eurex]] and are based on the corresponding index, which covers 50 [[blue-chip stocks]] from the 12 Eurozone countries: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. 
The EURO STOXX 50 Index seeks to provide a blue-chip representation of the market sector leaders in the Eurozone. The Index represents the performance of the 50 largest companies within the Eurozone portion of the Dow Jones STOXX Total Market Index. It is a free-float market capitalization weighted index that captures approximately 60% of the underlying market and covers approximately 95% of the free-float market capitalization of the investable universe in the Eurozone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=FEZ.P|name=SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF |org=Reuters|date=Feb 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.investmentnews.com/assets/docs/CI589241117.PDF|name=ETF SNAPSHOT: OCTOBER 2008 |org=Investment News|date=Feb 7, 2014}}</ref> It is designed by STOXX Limited, a joint venture of Deutsche Boerse AG, Dow Jones & Company and SWX Group. <!-- Fill in values in between the = and | symbols for the parameters below. -->
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{{Contract
|exch     =  Eurex<!-- Exchange name or acronym-->
|cname    =  EURO STOXX 50<!-- Contract name, like Feeder Cattle, 100 oz Gold, S&P 500 Index -->
|commod   =  Dow Jones Index<!-- Simple name of the commodity, e.g. Cattle, Gold, Stock Market Index -->
|ctype    =  Financial<!-- Type of commodity, e.g. Agricultural, Financial, Weather, Emissions -->
|cash     =  Y<!-- Y if the contract is cash-settled; leave blank if not -->
|months   =  Up to 9 months: The three nearest quarterly months of the March, June, September and December cycle.<!-- Contract months traded -->
|fnd      =  <!-- Rules for determining First Notice Date, or blank if none -->
|ltd      =  Last Trading Day is the Final Settlement Day, which is the third Friday of each maturity month if this is an exchange day; otherwise the exchange day immediately preceding that day. Close of trading in the maturing futures on the Last Trading Day is at the Beginning of the Xetra® intraday auction starting at 12:00 CET.<!-- Rules for determining Last Trading Day -->
|unit     =  €10 multiplied by the value of the index
|ptdesc   =  The Price Quotation is in points with one decimal place. The Minimum Price Change is 1 point.<!-- Description of one contract point, e.g. 0.0001 cents per pound -->
|ptval    =  €10<!-- Dollar (or other currency) value of a single contract point -->
|tickPt   =  1<!-- Number of points per trading tick, eg 2.5 -->
|tickVal  =  €10<!-- Dollar (or other currency) amount of trading tick -->
|elect    =  Y<!-- Y if an electronic trading session exists; leave blank if none -->
|elHours  =  7:50 am CET to 22:00 (10:00 pm) CET, except on last trading day, when trading ends at 12:30 pm CET (Eurex operates in three trading phases: pre-trading, trading and post-trading. The post-trading phase is further split in several periods where different functions are available. Pre-trading begins at 7:30 am CET, and post-trading ends at 22:30 (10:30 pm) CET, except on the last trading day, when trading ends at 12:00 CET) <!-- Electronic trading hours; leave blank if none -->
|elLimit  =  <!-- Price limits on electronic trading session; leave blank if none -->
|elSym    =  FESX<!-- Ticker symbol for electronic platform; leave blank if none -->
|outcry   =  <!-- Y if an open outcry session exists for trading; leave blank if electronic only -->
|ooHours  =  <!-- Open outcry trading hours; leave blank if none -->
|ooLimit  =  <!-- Price limits on open outcry trading session; leave blank if none -->
|ooSym    =  <!-- Ticker symbol for open outcry session; leave blank if none -->

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|oed       =  Final Settlement Day is the third Friday of each expiration month if this is an exchange day; otherwise the exchange day immediately preceding that day. Close of trading in the expiring option series on the Last Trading Day is at the beginning of the Xetra intraday auction starting at 13:00 CET<!-- Rules for determining Option Expiration Day -->
|options   =  Y<!-- Any value if option data is being provided -->
|opUnit    =  €10 multiplied by the value of the index<!-- Trade unit -- leave blank unless it's something other than "One futures contract" -->
|opMonths  =  Up to 119 months (9 years and 11 months): The three nearest successive calendar months, the three following quarterly months of the March, June, September and December cycle thereafter, the four following semi-annual months of the June and December cycle thereafter and the seven following annual months of the December cycle thereafter.
<!-- List of option months -->
|opPtdesc  =  The Price Quotation is in points with one decimal place. The Minimum Price Change is 0.1 points.<!-- description of point value, e.g 0.5 cents per bushel, dollars per ounce -->
|opPtval   =  €1<!-- dollar (or other currency) value of one market point -->
|opTickPt  =  0.1<!-- option tick size in points -->
|opTickVal =  €1<!-- option tick size in currency -->
|opExercise=  European-style  (An option can only be exercised on the Final Settlement Day of the respective option series until the end of the Post-Trading Full Period (21:00 CET).<!-- Exercise style, American, European or leave blank if not relevant -->
|opElect   =  Y<!-- Any value if electronic trading is used -->
|opEHours  =  Same as futures<!-- trading hours for electronic platform; leave blank if none -->
|opELimit  =  <!-- Daily price limit for electronic platform; leave blank if none -->
|opESym    =  OESX<!-- Ticker symbol for electronic session -->
|opOutcry  =  <!-- Any value if open outcry is used -->
|opOHours  =  <!-- trading hours for open outcry session; leave blank if none -->
|opOLimit  =  <!-- Daily price limit for open outcry session; leave blank if none -->
|opOSym    =  <!-- Ticker symbol for open outcry session -->
|opStrike  =  Every 25 index points when a contract has up to 36 months before expiry.  Every 100 points when a contract has between 36 and 119 months to expiry.<!-- Strike price interval description -->
}}
== Notes ==

EURO STOXX 50 Index Futures and Options Home Page at Eurex: http://www.eurexchange.com/exchange-en/products/idx/stx/blc/18954/

EURO STOXX 50 Index Futures and Options Home Page at Eurex: http://www.eurexchange.com/exchange-en/products/idx/stx/blc/19066/

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