Eurex announced on October 16 that it will launch gold futures and options on February 2, 2009, as what it called a “first step” in extending the products it offers. It also hopes to launch futures and options on the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index, a diversified commodity futures index, in the first quarter of 2009. The gold contracts will be cash-settled in dollars, based on the gold fixing of the London Bullion Market Association, which is a benchmark spot price decided twice a day. Eurex...