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Date 08/08/2002

CBOT® Enhances Its Municipal Bond Contract - Will List December 2002 Contract On August 8, 2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) yesterday announced that it will introduce a new pricing mechanism for The Bond BuyerTM 40 Municipal Bond Index (BBI-40) in its first step toward re-engineering its Municipal Bond Index futures contract. The first delivery month affected will be the December 2002 contract, which will be listed on Thursday, August 8, 2002.
Date 08/08/2002

CBOT To Launch Options On Swap Futures Contracts

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOTÒ) today announced the expansion of its swaps complex to include options on 10-Year and 5-Year Interest Rate Swap futures. ABN AMRO Bank N.V., currently the designated open auction and electronic market maker for the complex's existing 10-Year and 5-Year Swap futures, also will make markets for CBOT® options on Swap futures. The CBOT expects to launch these new contracts in its open auction and electronic markets in the early fall of 2002.
Date 08/08/2002

CBOT Fed Watch

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on August 13, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
Date 08/08/2002

Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics July 2002

Riga The total Latvian capital market turnover in July amounted to EUR 54.60 (LVL 32.38) million.
Date 07/08/2002

Walt Lukken Sworn In As CFTC Commissioner

Walt Lukken was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that regulates commodity futures and option trading in the United States.

Date 07/08/2002

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Review Of Constituents Of TOPIX New Index Series

Stocks to be excluded or added by the annual review of constituents of six new indices are as follows. The indices based on new constituents will be calculated and published from Tuesday, September 17, 2002. (Annual Constituent Changes effective after close of trading on September 13)
Date 07/08/2002

Sydney Futures Exchange Expands Its Service Offering Following Strong Growth In Its Equity Derivative Products

Traded volumes in SPI 200™ futures and options at the Sydney Futures Exchange in July 2002 grew by approximately 23% and 12% respectively compared to the same month in 2001, influenced by a number of development initiatives implemented over the last three months. Interest rate futures and options also performed strongly, growing 36% and 95% respectively in comparison with the same month last year.
Date 07/08/2002

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index:
Date 07/08/2002

Sharon Brown-Hruska Sworn In As CFTC Commissioner

Sharon Brown-Hruska was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that regulates commodity futures and option trading in the United States.
Date 07/08/2002

SEC Approves PHLX 10-Up AUTO-X Guarantee For Broker-Dealer Orders In Top 120 Options

You can view the PHLX memorandum on the SEC approval for PHLX 10-Up AUTO-X Guarantee for Broker-Dealer orders in top 120 options clicking here.