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CBOT Fed Funds June Settlement

Date 01/07/2005

The CBOT® 30-Day Fed Fund futures contract for June 2005 will be cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 96.964, implying an average daily effective federal funds rate of 3.036 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.
CBOT Commends The Appointments Of CFTC Chairman And Commissioner

Date 01/07/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today congratulated Reuben Jeffery III and Walt Lukken on the Senate’s vote confirming their nominations as Chairman and Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), respectively.
CBOT Average Daily Volume Climbs 14.8 Percent To New Quarterly Record - June Average Daily Volume Increases 18.5 Percent From Last Year

Date 01/07/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that Exchange-wide average daily volume climbed to a new record in the second quarter. Average daily volume rose to 2,889,059 contracts in the quarter ended June 30, up 14.8 percent from the same period last year. Total volume in the quarter also reached a record 184,899,800 contracts, up 16.6 percent from the same period in 2004.
CBOE June Volume Surges 39%; Biggest Monthly Year-To-Year Gain In 2005

Date 01/07/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that June trading volume at CBOE was 36,885,731 contracts traded, 39% higher than the 26,545,956 contracts traded in June 2004. The 39% increase in volume represented the biggest monthly year-to-year gain thus far in 2005 at CBOE. The surge in trading volume was experienced across all of CBOE's product lines - equity options volume rose 36%; index options volume jumped 43%; and volume in options on exchange traded funds spiked 56% for the
Boston Options Exchange Sets New Market Share Record, Expands Market Coverage By Listing Seventy-five New Classes

Date 01/07/2005

BOX’s share of OCC cleared equity option volume was 6.2% for June, 2005, a new record and the first time BOX has topped 6%; BOX market share for all OCC cleared options was 5.6%, also a record as BOX listed 75 new option classes during the month.

ASX Trading Statistics For June 2005

Date 01/07/2005

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AIM Crowns Its Tenth Year With New Fundraising And Admissions Record As Companies Rush To Market To Beat New Prospectus Directive Rules

Date 01/07/2005

The AIM market has crowned its tenth year in operation by completing its strongest ever quarter of activity in terms of new admissions and money raised during the second quarter of 2005. Between April and June a total of 144 companies have been admitted to the market, a number which represents an increase of 90% on the same quarter last year. In terms of the amount of fundraising achieved, a total of £1.5bn was raised during the quarter, equivalent to a 176% increase on the same period last yea
Tokyo Stock Exchange Imposes A Penalty On Meiwa Securities Co., Ltd.

Date 30/06/2005

TSE imposed a penalty on Meiwa Securities Co., Ltd. ("Meiwa Securities") of a fine of JPY 5 million for conclusion of a contract to manage discretionary accounts.
SWX Swiss Exchange Technology Now In Germany – New Platform For Exchange Trading In Certificated Derivatives And Structured Products

Date 30/06/2005

The SWX Swiss Exchange is linking its new, high-performance system for trading in certificated derivatives with the German Xontro order routing system. The planned German exchange is the successor organisation to the Bremer Wertpapierbörse AG, which was taken over in full by the SWX Swiss Exchange on 4 July 2005.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 30/06/2005

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, June 30, 2005: Aurora Platinum Corp. (TSXVN:ARP) will be removed from the index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange as a result of the completion of a plan of arrangement whereby FNX Mining Company (TSX:FNX) has acquired all the shares of Aurora Platinum.