ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced today it has added five new currency pairs to its line-up of forex contracts. The new contracts are expected to begin trading January 12, 2015 on ICE Futures U.S.

Contract Code
Israeli shekel / U.S. dollar

ILS

Polish zloty / Euro

PLE

Polish zloty / U.S. dollar

PLN

Turkish lira / Euro

ETR

Turkish lira / U.S. dollar

TRM

"We are pleased to expand our offering and provide additional risk management and hedging tools for our customers in these markets," said ICE Futures U.S. President Benjamin Jackson.

These contracts will trade alongside the ICE U.S. Dollar Index(R) (USDX) future, the most widely recognized U.S. dollar benchmark and ICE's offering of nearly 60 currency contracts. They also join ICE's offering of emerging market currency contracts which include the Brazilian real, Colombian peso, Indian rupee, Mexican peso and Russian ruble.

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