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Date 01/08/2002

New Worldwide Record In Trading Volume At Eurex - Over 77 Million Contracts Traded In July - Record Volumes In Index Products Segment, In EuroSTOXX And DAX Products - Euro STOXX Futures Rank Second In Contract Volume At Eurex

Eurex, the international derivatives market, set a new worldwide turnover record in July: With more than 77 million contracts traded, the world market leader clearly surpassed its previous record of 74 million contracts in turnover from July 2001. Compared with the same month of last year (47.9 million contracts), Eurex showed a 62 percent increase in volume. During the first seven months of 2002, the derivatives market thus turned over more than 445 million contracts.
Date 01/08/2002

London Stock Exchange - First Russian Share Listing In London

The London Stock Exchange today welcomed OAO LUKOIL ('LUKOIL'), which will be the first Russian company to list shares in London.
Date 01/08/2002

KCBT Exchange Volume Traded In July Second Only To June 2001

The Kansas City Board of Trade total exchange volume traded in July 2002 was the second-highest in exchange history as 348,851 contracts were traded, a mere 1 percent less than June 2001 volume, the record-holder.
Date 01/08/2002

July Volume: CME Records Busiest Month In Its History

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) established a new all-time monthly trading volume record in July, when 59.3 million contracts with an underlying value of $35.3 trillion changed hands. July's volume was 19 percent higher than the previous monthly record of 49.9 million contracts in June 2002 and 100 percent higher than volume in July 2001. For the first seven months of 2002, CME's volume was 318.5 million contracts, up 44 percent from the year-earlier period.
Date 01/08/2002

International Securities Exchange Sets New Trading Records - Highest Average Daily Volume & Market Share Five Record Volume Days

For the third consecutive month, ISE has established new volume and market share records. During July, ISE also continued as the industry volume leader in the 509 issues that it lists and was the primary market, as measured by volume, in 269 of these issues. Included in the widely traded issues in which ISE is primary are: Microsoft, IBM, Dell, Applied Materials, eBay, GM, Merrill Lynch, Broadcom and Verizon.

Date 01/08/2002

ICEX: Record Turnover In July

There was a record turnover of ISK 85.8 billion at Iceland Stock Exchange (ICEX) last month compared to ISK 53.9 billion turnover in July of last year. This brings July to the 3rd place on the list of top 10 total monthly turnover at ICEX following May and January of this year. This means that the four top months belong to this year. In total six out of ten on the list belong to 2002 along with four months of 2001.
Date 01/08/2002

globalCOAL Announces The Completion Of The Second Transaction For The Newcastle Marker Price Initiative

globalCOAL, the coal e-marketplace backed by leading industry consumers & producers, is pleased to announce the completion of the second Event in developing the Newcastle Marker Price Initiative. During the Event, globalCOAL saw an increase in participation with over 90 bids/offers submitted by various globalCOAL market members, compared to over 50 bids/offers for the first Event. The transaction was executed on globalCOAL's Standard Coal System at USD 22.00/mt for 65,000 metric tonnes F.O.B.
Date 01/08/2002

Corporate Governance Council To Broaden Disclosure - Statement By The ASX Managing Director And CEO, Mr Richard Humphry

"The Australian sharemarket is strongly supervised by ASX, backed by sanctions contained in the Corporations Act as administered by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). This co-regulatory approach is rated among the best in the world and has operated in a robust and a resilient fashion over the last decade.
Date 01/08/2002

327 Billion Euros In Turnover On The German Stock Exchanges In July. Record In Number Of Trades On Xetra

Based on the aggregate turnover statistics, a total volume of 327,8 billion euros was traded on the German stock exchanges in July ? about 4 percent more than in the previous month (June 2002: 315 billion euros). The July total comprises 264.3 billion euros in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds as well as 63.5 billion euros in fixed-income securities.
Date 31/07/2002

The Toronto Stock Exchange And TSX Venture Exchange Closings For Civic Holiday

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-VEN) headquarters in Toronto, and division offices in Calgary, Winnipeg and Vancouver, will be closed on Monday, August 5, 2002 for the civic holiday. The TSX Group's national call centre will remain open for inquiries, and may be reached at 1-888-873-8392, info@tsx.ca, or information@tsxventure.com.