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Date 16/05/2002

New Record Set For MNX Open Interest At CBOE

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced record open interest of 1,037,884 contracts (567,928 calls and 469,956 puts) in CBOE Mini-Nasdaq-100 Index options (MNX), reached by the close of trading Wednesday, May 15. The record exceeds the previous day's record open interest of 1,011,526 contracts. The MNX was launched on August 14, 2000, at CBOE, and is now consistently one of the top five index products, in terms of volume, traded at CBOE.
Date 16/05/2002

CME's GLOBEX® Electronic Trading Volume Posts New Record As E-Mini<sup>™</sup> Nasdaq-100 Breaks 300,000 Mark

Trading volume on GLOBEX®, the electronic trading platform of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), set a new single-day volume record yesterday, May 15, with 827,894 contracts traded. This record surpasses the previous one set on May 8 at 808,057 contracts.
Date 16/05/2002

CME Launches New Foreign Exchange Cross-Rates

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) will launch trading in 13 new foreign exchange (FX) futures contracts today, May 16, at 8 a.m. (Central time). The contracts will trade on CME’s GLOBEX® electronic trading platform or as All-or-None (AON) transactions executed via open outcry on the trading floor for quantities of five or more contracts.
Date 16/05/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Appoints Ernst & Young As Independent Public Accountants

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. today announced that it has appointed Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent public accountants for the 2002 fiscal year, succeeding Arthur Andersen LLP. The decision was made after a thorough selection process by the Board of Directors, its Audit Committee and management.
Date 15/05/2002

RTS Index Exceeds 400 For The First Time Since 1998

RTS Index closed at 402.91 on May 14. Thus it exceeded 400 for the first time since 1998. The last time the RTS Index exceeded this point was on January 6, 1998, when it reached 410.04.

Date 15/05/2002

Per Nordberg Appointed As New CFO Of OM

Per Nordberg has been appointed as CFO of OM. He will take up his position on September 2, 2002 and will be a member of OM's Executive Management Team.
Date 15/05/2002

Oslo Børs Strengthens Its Customer Focus

Oslo Børs is to establish a new Market Department to take on overall responsibility for the exchange´s customer relationships. One of the main objectives for the new department will be to identify and evaluate the needs of investors, listed companies and investment firms in order to ensure that the future development of the markets operated by Oslo Børs reflects the requirements of their users.
Date 15/05/2002

Nymex Sets Record For Nymex Division Seat Sale

Two seats on the NYMEX Division of The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., sold on May 13 for $950,000, exceeding the record of $925,000 which was set on April 1, 2002.
Date 15/05/2002

Nasdaq Reports First Quarter 2002 Results

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., the world's largest electronic stock market, today reported first quarter results for the period ending March 31, 2002
Date 15/05/2002

MNX Open Interest Passes Million Mark At CBOE

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced record open interest of 1,011,526 contracts (553,319 calls and 458,207 puts) in CBOE Mini-Nasdaq-100 Index options (MNX). The MNX was launched on August 14, 2000, at CBOE, and is now consistently one of the top five index products, in terms of volume, traded at CBOE.