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Deutsche Börse: Form Of Proxy Is Correct

Date 02/05/2005

Deutsche Börse strongly rejects assertions in a report in the Financial Times that it had issued an incorrect proxy voting form for its upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM). Deutsche Börse issued its official form of proxy to registered shareholders and custodians on April 25. No other proxy voting form has been issued by the company at any stage in the process. All items on the agenda are clearly reflected in this official form.
Deutsche Börse: Equities Turnover In April 7 Percent Up Year-On-Year - €281 Billion In Turnover On German Stock Exchanges In April - More Transactions On Xetra

Date 02/05/2005

The German stock exchanges generated an equities turnover based on the order book statistics, which show all transactions in the order book of Xetra and broker-supported trading on the floor in single counting, of €95.4 billion in April - an increase of 7 percent year-on-year (April 2004: €89.4 billion). German equities accounted for €89.8 billion of this total, with foreign equities comprising €5.6 billion.
Deutsche Börse Reports Record Results For Q1/2005 - Outlines Full Scope Of Capital Management Program - First-Quarter Sales Revenue Up 5 Percent At €400 Million - EBITA Increases By 18 Percent To €177.7 Million - Clearstream Main Driver Of Increased Profi

Date 02/05/2005

Deutsche Börse reported record results for the first quarter of 2005: at €399.4 million, sales revenue was 5 percent higher than in Q1/2004. In addition the Group earned €25.9 million in net interest income from banking business. EBITA (Earnings Before Interest Taxes and Amortization of Goodwill) totaled €177.7 million - an increase of 18 percent (Q1/2004: €150.4 million). Earnings per share in the first quarter climbed to €0.97 (Q1/2004: €0.69).
Deutsche Börse Interim Report Q1/2005

Date 02/05/2005

Click here to download Deutsche Börse's interim report for Q1/2005.
CBOT Fed Funds April Settlement

Date 02/05/2005

The CBOT® 30-Day Fed Fund futures contract for April 2005 will be cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 97.215, implying an average daily effective federal funds rate of 2.785 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.

CBOT ADV Rises 14.4 Percent, Monthly Volume Rises To 61,328,516

Date 02/05/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that Exchange-wide average daily volume for April increased to 2,920,406 contracts, up 14.4 percent over last year and 24.8 percent year-to-date (YTD). Total Exchange volume in April increased to 61,328,516 contracts, also up 14.4 percent from last year and 23.3 percent YTD.
Bovespanews - Rebalance Of Bovespa´s Indexes

Date 02/05/2005

BOVESPA announces the new rebalancing of the IBOVESPA, IBrX, IBrX-50, IVBX-2, IEE, ITEL and IGC theoretical portfolios, based on the period between April 30, 2004 and April 30, 2005.
Boston Options Exchange Sets New Monthly Market Share And Volume Records

Date 02/05/2005

BOX market share (as a percentage of the OCC volume in the classes it lists) was 7.7% for the month, an improvement over the previous month's 6.5%, and a new record for BOX. Average daily volume was 307,702 for the month, an improvement over the previous month's 248,149, and another new record for BOX. For more details, click here.
ASX Trading Statistics - April 2005

Date 02/05/2005

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April Was Busiest Month In CBOE History - Volume Increased 29%, Eighteen Trading Records Set During Historic Month

Date 02/05/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that April was the busiest month in CBOE's 32-year history as volume totaled 40,713,355 contracts traded, an increase of 29% over April 2004.Monthly volume at CBOE set consecutive all-time volume records, as April's total surpassed the previous high of 37,826,646 contracts traded in March 2005.Through April, 2005 year-to-date total volume at CBOE now stands at 144,977,190 contracts, 15% ahead of 2004's year-to-date total through April.Dur