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Deutsche Börse: Equities Turnover In March 4 Percent Up Month-On-Month - €305 Billion In Turnover On German Stock Exchanges In March

Date 01/04/2005

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 €96.8 billion in March - an increase of 4 percent month-on-month (February 2005: €92.8 billion). German equities accounted for €91.1 billion of this total, with foreign equities comprising €5.7 billion.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: The Equity Market Hits Second Consecutive Record Month

Date 01/04/2005

For the second month in a row, trading on the equity market reached new highs. Total turnover amounted to DKK 77.1 billion, which is 28 per cent higher than the record set in February. The value of average daily trading peaked at DKK 3.9 billion. A total of 275,000 trades were executed, 2 per cent more than the record month of February.
CME First-Quarter Average Daily Volume Reached Record 3.9 Million Contracts, Up 39 Percent From Last Year - March Monthly Volume Record Of 4.3 Million Contracts Per Day - CME® Globex® First-Quarter Volume Up 95 Percent From 2004 - March Electronic Volume

Date 01/04/2005

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, today reported that total volume for the first quarter averaged a record 3.9 million contracts per day, up 39 percent from the same period a year ago. Total CME volume was above 240 million contracts for the quarter. Average daily volume on the CME Globex electronic trading platform was 2.6 million contracts, a 95 percent increase from first-quarter 2004 and a 26 percent increase from fourth-quarter 2004. During the quarter, CME Globex volume represente
CBOT Quarterly Volume Climbs 26.7 Percent To Set New Record - March Volume Soars 29.0 Percent To All-Time Monthly High Of 66,543,441 Contracts Quarterly - Average Daily Volume Up 28.8 Percent From Last Year

Date 01/04/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that Exchange-wide volume climbed to a new quarterly record. For the quarter ended March 31, volume reached a record of 173,100,942 contracts, up 26.7 percent from the same quarter last year. Average daily volume for the quarter was 2,837,720 contracts, up 28.8 percent over last year.
CBOT Fed Funds March Settlement

Date 01/04/2005

The CBOT 30-Day Fed Fund futures contract for March 2005 will be cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 97.371, implying an average daily effective federal funds rate of 2.629 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.

CBOT April 1 Bund, Bobl, And Schatz Conversion Factors

Date 01/04/2005

The attached conversion factor table for CBOT® Bund, Bobl, and Schatz futures indicates securities that, as of 1 April 2005, will be included in the reference basket for June 2005 expiries.
CBOE March Volume: 37.8 Million, Up 15% Over 2004 - CBOE Futures Exchange Marks One-Year Anniversary With Record Volume

Date 01/04/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that March volume increased 15% over March 2004 volume, climbing to a total of 37,826,646 contracts traded, paced by strong performance in equity options volume at CBOE, which was up 23% for the month, and several major benchmark index products, including options on S&P 500 Index (SPX), which were up 32% over the year-ago total, options on the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX), up 45% over March 2004, and options on the Standard & Poor's Depositary
Boston Options Exchange Sets New Trading Volume Record

Date 01/04/2005

BOX set a record for total contract volume traded in a single session; today's volume of 349,782 surpassed the previous record of 336,529 set on March 18, 2005.
Boston Options Exchange Sets New Monthly Market Share Record

Date 01/04/2005

BOX market share (as a percentage of the OCC volume in the classes it lists) was 6.5% for the month, an improvement over the previous month's 5.9%, and a new record for BOX. For more details, click here.
ASX Trading Statistics March 2005

Date 01/04/2005

Click here to download the March trading statistics for ASX.