The MKT consists of 50 of the largest companies in industries including consumer institutions and petrochemical producers. The capitalization- weighting of MKT means that the accurately reflect current market sentiment, based upon the appreciation or reduction of the Big Cap.

Retail investors will find Big Cap options invaluable as a portfolio substitute or as a tool to help hedge existing holdings from adverse market movements. Institutions can also use Big Cap options to hedge major portfolios, while the manageable size of the index (50 issues) allows for less costly basket replication.

 Component Issues


AXP	American Express Company

AIG	American International Group, Inc.

T	AT&T Corp.

AIT	Ameritech Corporation

AN	Amoco Corporation

ARC	Atlantic Richfield Company

BAC	BankAmerica Corporation

BEL	Bell Atlantic Corporation

BA	The Boeing Company

BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

CCI	Citicorp

KO	The Coca-Cola Company

CL	Colgate-Palmolive Company

DIS	The Walt Disney Company

DOW	The Dow Chemical Company

DD	E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

EK	Eastman Kodak Company

XON	Exxon Corporation

F	Ford Motor Company

GTE	GTE Corporation

GE	General Electric Company

GM	General Motors Corporation

HNZ	H.J. Heinz Company

HWP	Hewlett-Packard Co.

HD	The Home Depot, Inc.

ITT	ITT Corporation

INTC	Intel Corporation

IBM	International Business Machines Corporation

IP	International Paper Company

JNI	Johnson & Johnson

KM	Kmart Corporation

LTD	The Limited, Inc.

MCD	McDonald's Corporation

MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.

MER	Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

MMM	Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

MOB	Mobil Corporation

MTC	Monsanto Company

MOT	Motorola, Inc.

PEP	PepsiCo, Inc.

MO	Philip Morris Companies Inc.

PG	The Proctor & Gamble Company

SLB	Schlumberger Limited

S	Sears, Roebuck and Co.

SO	The Southern Company

TWX	Time Warner Inc.

TOY	Toys "R" Us, Inc.

WMT	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

WY	Weyerhaeuser Company

XRX	Xerox Corporation