Friday, May 4, 2007

Barclays Global Investors Launches Five iShares® FTSE NAREIT ETFs on NYSE Arca

NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) subsidiary, NYSE Group, Inc. today announced five new initial ETF listings. iShares®, the largest ETF sponsor by assets under management in the world, has created five iShares FTSE NAREIT Index ETFs and has selected NYSE Arca for listing andtrading.
The new funds are:


iShares FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 Index Fund FTY
iShares FTSE NAREIT Residential Index Fund REZ
iShares FTSE NAREIT Industrial/Office Index Fund FIO
iShares FTSE NAREIT Retail Index Fund RTL
iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REITs Index Fund REM



“NYSE Arca welcomes back iShares with the addition of these five new FTSE NAREIT ETFs,” said NYSE Group Senior Vice President, Exchange Traded Funds and Indexes, Lisa Dallmer. “This suite of real estate funds covers the many disciplines and aspects of REITs, offering customers unique access to REIT investing and the broader real estate market. Today’s listings further solidify NYSE Euronext’s commitment to being the world’s premier venue for ETF listings and trading.”

With today’s listings, NYSE Group markets have 185 primary ETF listings, 118 which are iShares, and trade all other eligible ETFs on a UTP basis. In first quarter 2007, NYSE Group handled 45% of all ETF shares traded in the U.S. market. As the largest exchange group for ETF trading, NYSE Group is committed to offering investors the most innovative new investment options with superior pricing and market quality.

For more information and data on NYSE Group listed ETFs and other products, please visit: http://www.nyse.com/etfs.

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