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CME Announces Memorial Day Holiday Hours

Date 05/05/2005

CME today announced the following trading schedule in conjunction with the Memorial Day holiday (all times are Central time):

CME Announces Latest Expansion Of Equity Index Product Line With Futures On The Highly Successful ETFs – NASDAQ-100® Index Tracking Stock - S&P 500® Depositary Receipts - And iShares Russell 2000®

Date 05/05/2005

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced it will launch futures contracts on three of the largest and most actively traded Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in the U.S. New CME ETF futures contracts on NASDAQ-100® Index Tracking Stock (ticker: QQQQ), S&P 500® Depositary Receipts (ticker: SPY) and iShares Russell 2000® (ticker: IWM) are scheduled to begin trading on the exchange’s CME® Globex® electronic trading platform on June 6, 2005. The futures on the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 wil

CBOT Responds To U.S. Treasury Department Announcement On 30-Year Bonds

Date 05/05/2005

Below please find a statement from CBOT Chairman Charles P. Carey regarding today’s announcement by the U.S. Treasury Department that it will consider reissuing 30-year Treasury bonds.

CBOT Industry Meeting: South American Soybean Futures, 4/21/05

Date 05/05/2005

The CBOT hosted a South American Soybean futures industry seminar in Chicago. The attached presentation includes a comprehensive explanation of the contract specifications, cash market background, and the delivery process of the South American Soybean futures contract.

CBOE Seat Market Information

Date 05/05/2005

BOVESPA's Foreign Investment Balance In April 2005

Date 05/05/2005

BOVESPA had a foreign investment net outflow of US$ 739.4 million in April, resulting from purchases of US$ 3.17 billion and sales of US$ 3.91 billion. BOVESPA's year-to-date balance on foreign capital totaled US$ 338.53 million, as of April 29.

Bovespanews - Novo Mercado Monthly Bulletin - April 2005

Date 05/05/2005

Click here to download the Bovespa Novo Mercado monthly bulletin for April 2005.

Archipelago Holdings Annual Shareholder Meeting Set For May 10, 2005

Date 05/05/2005

Archipelago Holdings, Inc. (PCX: AX), owner and operator of the Archipelago Exchange(SM) (ArcaEx(R)), the nation's first totally open, all-electronic stock exchange, will hold its annual meeting of shareholders on May 10th at 9:30 a.m., CDT, at the Metropolitan Club, Chicago, Illinois.

TSX Stats Report - April 2005

Date 04/05/2005

Click here to download TSX's statistics report for April 2005.

TOM Online Inc. Shares Change In The S&P/HKEx GEM Index

Date 04/05/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/HKEx GEM Index effective after the close of trading Friday, May 6, 2005: TOM Online Inc. (Hong Kong, SEDOL: 6743440, GICS: Information Technology, GICS Code: 45101010), a member of the S&P/HKEx GEM Index, shares will increase by 304,155,503 to 4,200,355,503. There will be no change to the Investable Weight Factor (IWF). The new share issue is in connection TOM Group Limited’s and TOM Online Inc.’s acquisition of Puccini In