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February Was Record Month For Minneapolis Grain Exchange

Date 02/03/2005

More futures and options contracts were traded at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) during February 2005 than during any other month since the Exchange began trading hard red spring wheat futures in 1883.
Eurex To Launch Futures On Midcap Equity Index MDAX - New Index Future To Start On March 21 - Ferscha: "Liquidity And Investor Interest In Midcaps Continue To Rise"

Date 02/03/2005

The international derivatives exchange Eurex will introduce a futures contract on the MDAX® , the midcap equity index on March 21st. Market makers will guarantee liquidity in the new product from the start.
DIFX Chooses NSC, The AtosEuronext Trading Platform - The Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX) And AtosEuronext Have Signed A Contract To Use The AtosEuronext Electronic Trading Platform NSC In Dubai

Date 02/03/2005

DIFX has selected NSC, the electronic trading system of AtosEuronext, to trade equities, bonds, and other products. NSC, a powerful trading engine, processes several million orders per day and more than 1,000 orders per second for a given market segment and can handle a large number of instruments. The launch of DIFX on NSC is planned for the end of September 2005.
CME And Shanghai Stock Exchange Announce Memorandum Of Understanding - CME To Provide SSE With Expertise In Development Of Financial Derivatives

Date 02/03/2005

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), the preeminent stock market in the People’s Republic of China, announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create a forum for information sharing between the two organizations regarding the potential development of derivatives products in China.
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) And Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 02/03/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that today it signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE). The MOU lays the foundation for the potential exchange of information, personnel and other activities that may be of mutual interest to each Exchange and their respective countries.

Boston Options Exchange Trades 30 Millionth Contract

Date 02/03/2005

During today's trading session, BOX traded its 30 millionth contract since the launch of trading on the morning of February 6, 2004.
BEL 20® Index - New Divisors

Date 02/03/2005

Following the approval of the merger between KBC and Almanij by its shareholders, Almanij is removed from the BEL 20 index as from today, 2 March after close. In the basket, the 400 Almanij shares are replaced by 540 additional KBC shares. Consequently, the current number of KBC shares increases from 817 to 1357. Following this replacement, the divisors of the BEL 20® Index are adjusted as follows effective from Thursday 3 March 2005 onwards.
Trading Volume On Eurex Climbs 24 Percent To 100 Million Contracts In February; Record Turnover For Euro-Bund-Future And Options On Euro-Bund-Future And DJ Euro STOXX 50

Date 01/03/2005

The international derivatives market Eurex turned over around 100 million contracts in February, an increase of approximately 24 percent year on year (February 2004: 81 million contracts). This equates to an average of around five million contracts traded and settled every day. Open interest, or the number of open positions, rose to 77.5 million contracts by the end of February, a year-on-year increase of approximately 21 percent (end of February 2004: 63.9 million contracts).
The Spanish Exchange Trades 86 New Warrants

Date 01/03/2005

The Spanish Exchange today began trading 86 new warrants, 85 of which were issued by Bankinter and 1 by BBVA Banco de Financiación.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange And Wellspring Biocapital Partners Sign License Agreement To Trade Options On New Healthcare/Biotech Indexes

Date 01/03/2005

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) and Philadelphia-based WellSpring BioCapital Partners today announced that they signed a license agreement to list and trade options on healthcare and biotechnology indexes developed by WellSpring BioCapital, a new specialty investment firm that will segment the healthcare industry by disease and bio-technologies.