Effective December 1, 2005, the Philadelpha exchange will begin charging for real time access to their sector indexes. Because all DTN customers to DTN Real Time, DTN Spectrum, DTN.IQ and DTN IQFeed currently receive these indexes in real time, you don't need to do anything to continue receiving this data in real time. Your account will automatically reflect a new exchange fee of $2 per month for the receipt of these indexes in real time.

If you prefer to receive these indexes delayed, please contact customer support and we will remove the real time entitlement and $2 exchange fee from your account.

If you are a DTN Satellite customer, we are also changing the database the PHLX indexes will be located in (in order to properly permission users for real time or delayed data per exchange regulations). Along with the database change, all symbology for PHLX indexes will be standardized to the [symbol.X] format. The following symbols will be changing effective Dec 1:

PHLX Oil Service SectorSM will change to symbol OSX.X (currently OSX)
PHLX Semiconductor SectorSM will change to symbol SOX.X (currently SOX)
PHLX Defense SectorSM will change to symbol DFX.X (currently DFX)

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact customer support.

Below is a full list of the PHLX Sector Indexes that are affected by this change:

BKX.X PHLX K B W BANK
DFX.X PHILADELPHIA DEFENSE SECT
DOT.X STREET.COM INTERNET IDX
DSQ.X SIG RESTAURANT INDEX
ESU.X SIG EDUCATION INDEX
FSQ.X SIG FOOTWEAR & ATHLETIC ND
HGX.X PHLX HOUSING SECTOR
IDM.X MERRILL LYNCH US DOMSTC MS
KIX.X PHLX INSURACE
KSX.X KBW CAPTL MARKET
OSX.X PHLX OIL SERVICE SECTOR
RSQ.X SIG SPECIALTY RETAIL INDEX
RXS.X PHILADELPHIA DRUG INDEX
SCQ.X SIG CABLE & MEDIA INDEX
SDL.X SIG SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
SEZ.X SIG SEMICOND CAP EQUIP
SGV.X SIG CASINO GAMING INDEX
SMQ.X INVEST MANAGERS INDEX
SOX.X PHLX SEMICONDUCT SECTOR
STQ.X SIG STEEL PRODUCERS INDEX
UTY.X PHLX UTILITY
XAU.X PHLX GOLD & SILVER
XEX.X PLHX EUROPE SECTOR

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Jay Froscheiser
DTN - Trading Markets