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CME E-mini S&P 500 Options More Than Double Previous Volume Record; Technology Enhancements For Equity Options To Launch On Oct. 9

Date 06/10/2005

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, set a new volume record on Wednesday, October 5, for options on CME E-mini(R) S&P 500(R) futures with 107,985 contracts traded, more than double the previous record of 45,903 contracts set on Sept. 15, 2005. Open interest also reached a new level at 334,123 positions.
CBOT Celebrates One-Year Anniversary Of Listing Full-Size Gold And Silver Contracts – CBOT’s Precious Metals Complex Continues To Experience Steady Growth Since Adding Electronically Traded Gold And Silver Contracts

Date 06/10/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) marks today as the one-year anniversary of adding full-size Gold (100 oz.) and Silver (5,000 oz.) futures contracts, which trade exclusively on the CBOT’s premier electronic trading platform, to the Exchange’s Precious Metals Complex. According to industry sources, within one year, the CBOT’s Gold Complex (100 oz. Gold and 33.2 oz. mini-sized Gold contracts) captured a monthly market share of 7.5 percent of all exchange-traded precious metals on U.S.-based futu
CBOE Volume In S&P 500 Index Options Reaches New Milestone: Trading Surpasses 50 Million Contracts For First Time Ever

Date 06/10/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that volume in options on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPX) reached a new milestone today as total year-to-date volume surpassed 50 million contracts traded at CBOE. This is the first time ever that volume in SPX options has topped the 50 million contracts benchmark and has now passed the 49.4 million contracts record yearly volume set last year.
CBOE Announces OEX Weeklys: Short Term Options Based On S&P 100 Index Will Launch Friday, October 28, 2005

Date 06/10/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced it will launch WeeklysSM options on the Standard & Poor's 100 Index (OEX) in addition to Weeklys based on the S&P 500 Index (SPX), on Friday, October 28, 2005. Weeklys options were created by CBOE to provide investors with an efficient means to trade options specifically around certain news or events-- such as economic data announcements. CBOE's one-week options will be listed on a Friday and expire the following Friday, as opposed to traditio
Canada: A Compelling Investment Story For Investors - TSX Group CEO Highlights Key Facts And Figures To Delegates At Security Traders Association Conference In Boca Raton, Florida

Date 06/10/2005

Speaking at the annual STA conference in Boca Raton Florida, TSX Group CEO Richard Nesbitt made a clear case to the traders to invest in Canada. “This year the S&P 500 is up only 0.4 per cent, the Dow Jones Industrial is down 2.9 per cent, the NASDAQ Composite is down 2.8 per cent. But wait a minute…the S&P/TSX Composite is up 21.1 per cent this year.” (Numbers are as of September 28, in USD terms, from the Economist.)

BOVESPA´s Monthly Bulletin - September

Date 06/10/2005

Click here to download BOVESPA´s Monthly Bulletin for September. This bulletin provides you with the main statistical information on São Paulo Stock Exchange´s trading over a 30-day period.
Boston Options Exchange Sets New Trading Volume Record

Date 06/10/2005

BOX set a new single session trading volume record with 563,004 contracts, the second time BOX has traded more than 500,000 contracts in one day. The previous record of 527,051 contracts was set on April 15, 2005
American Stock Exchange Appoints Scott Ebner Head Of New Product Development At The ETF Marketplace

Date 06/10/2005

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) today announced that Scott Ebner has been appointed Head of New Product Development at the ETF Marketplace. In this role, Mr. Ebner will be responsible for bringing new product offerings to the Amex and continuing to expand the Exchange-Traded Fund business at the Exchange.
Borsa Italiana: ETFs - New record

Date 06/10/2005

Today's ETF total trades: 4,305
Wiener Börse: International Performance Comparison: Ultimo 2000 - September 2005

Date 05/10/2005

International stock markets performed very well in the month of September. While international indices like the FTSE, SMI, DAX and CAC40 managed to slightly improve their negative performance, the ATX climbed from 206 to 222 and the BUX from 177 to 194%. Only the Dow Jones remained practically unchanged versus August (-3.56%).