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Date 14/01/2003

SEC Charges Former Day-Trading Principals With Securities Fraud - Others Charged With Fraud Or Violating Recordkeeping And Reporting Rules - Defendants Agree To Pay Total Of $70 Million

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Sheldon Maschler, Jeffrey A. Citron, Michael McCarty, Erik Maschler, and Heartland Securities Corp. with participating in an extensive fraudulent scheme involving the Nasdaq Stock Market's Small Order Execution System (SOES) from 1993 to June 2001. These defendants and others have agreed to pay over $70 million in penalties and disgorgement to settle the matter. Of the total penalties, Sheldon Maschler will pay approximately $29.2 million and
Date 14/01/2003

RTS Order-Driven Market: December 30th 2002 - January 10th 2003 Market Data

For the week of December 30th, 2002 - January 10th, 2003, securities traded on the Order-driven market 3 869 times. Daily average turnover reached 154 million rubles and 10,3 million shares, compared with 232 million rubles and 22,7 million shares for the previous period, from December 23rd-December 27th, 2002. The total turnover on the market equaled 1 075 million rubles, with 72 million shares changing hands.
Date 14/01/2003

RTS FORTS: December 30th, 2002 - January 10th, 2003 Market Data

For the period of December 30th, 2002 - January 10th, 2003, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 341 thousand contracts. In terms of underlying value total trading volume reached 1 553 million rubles. The number of trades reached 9 029. Total open interest, as of January 10th, 2003, stood at 331 thousand contracts and 1,4 million rubles, a 9,5% increase in terms of contracts and 13,7% ruble value increase over the data as of December 27th, 2002.
Date 14/01/2003

RTS Classic Market: Year 2002 In Review

In 2002 the benchmark RTS Index posted a 34,13% gain and closed on December 31st at 359,07. Below please find statistic data on the RTS Index dynamics for the period 1995-2002:
Date 14/01/2003

RTS Classic Market: December 30th, 2002 - January 10th, 2003 Market Data

For the period from December 30th, 2002, to January 10th, 2003, the RTS Index inched 0.34% down and closed at 357.94. The RTS Technical Index lost 0.36% to close at 393.47.

Date 14/01/2003

RTS Bonds: December 30th, 2002 - January 10th, 2003 Market Data

For the period of December 30rd, 2002 -January 10th, 2003, the total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading of corporate, government, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, reached 987 thousand US dollars, compared to 1 647 thousand US dollars for the period of December 23rd- - December 27th, 2002. The number of trades equaled decreased from 9 to 4 trades.
Date 14/01/2003

RTS Board: Year 2002 In Review

In year 2002, total trading volume in the RTS Board (counting system-registered trades only) grew 4,5 times, from 15 million US dollars in 2001 to 68 million US dollars in 2002. Daily average turnover in 2002 skyrocketed 3,9 times to 272 thousand US dollars. 2 383 trades were executed in 2002, up from 894 trades the year before.
Date 14/01/2003

Oslo Børs Acts To Improve The Quality Of Closing Prices

In order to improve the process of bringing the trading day to an end and to ensure better quality closing prices for listed shares and primary capital certificates, Oslo Børs will implement a closing auction for these securities from Friday 14 February. A sound process of price formation is essential to investors´ confidence in the market. The new method for determining closing prices ensures fair treatment since all the participants in the closing auction achieve the same price.
Date 14/01/2003

Nymex To Change Margin Rates For Some Natural Gas Basis Contracts

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will change the margins on some of its NYMEX Division natural gas basis contracts as of the close of business tomorrow.
Date 14/01/2003

Nymex Announces Introduction On New York Mercantile Exchange Clearport<SUP>SM</SUP> Technology Platform

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that trading will begin on its new platform at 3:15 PM on January 16, with 34 futures contracts listed for trading at launch.