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Date 08/02/2002

CFTC Chairman Newsome To Address ABA Meeting

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman James E. Newsome will be the luncheon speaker today at the Winter Meeting of the American Bar Association's Committee on Futures and Derivative Instruments, 12:45 p.m., Coral Gables, Florida. In his remarks the Chairman will discuss, among other things, single stock futures, the Enron situation, his personal view of the agency's proper role as an oversight regulator, and the recently announced restructuring of the CFTC.
Date 07/02/2002

Strong Rise In Trading Of Dow Jones STOXX Sector Index Products At Eurex - January Turnover 140 Percent Higher Than Previous Month, Up 400 Percent From October 2001 Ferscha: "Eurex The World's Most Successful Derivatives Exchange In The Index Derivatives

The international derivatives market Eurex has given a positive interim assessment of the trading in futures and options on the sector indexes of the Dow Jones Euro STOXX SM. Trading volume in all sector index products in the world's leading derivatives market has more or less quadrupled, from some 50,000 contracts to 190,000 contracts traded, since the options on the sector indexes were launched at the end of September 2001. In January 2002, Eurex traded 190,000 contracts, 140 percent more than
Date 07/02/2002

Program Trading Averaged 25.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume during Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2002

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2002.
Date 07/02/2002

NYSE Board Approves Sweeping Changes In Rules Regarding Research Analysts - Measures Designed To Restore Public Confidence In Critical Process

The New York Stock Exchange board of directors today approved sweeping changes in the way member organizations, their research analysts and investment-banking departments manage and disclose conflicts of interest.
Date 07/02/2002

NYSE Board Approves Direct Voice Communications By Floor Brokers From NYSE Trading Floor To Trading Desks And Customers Off The Floor

The New York Stock Exchange board of directors today approved allowing NYSE floor brokers to have direct voice communications from the Exchange trading floor to trading desks and customers off the floor.

Date 07/02/2002

MGEX Certifies New Cash-Settled Contracts - Electronic Trading Launch Day Detailed

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) announced today that on February 4, 2002, the exchange certified to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that the rules and regulations of its new cash-settled corn and soybean futures and options comply with the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and its regulations. The CFTC was also notified by MGEX that trading in the new contracts commences on February 15, 2002.
Date 07/02/2002

Instinet Announces U.S. Share Volume For January 2002

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INET) announced today that its U.S. equity volume in January 2002 totaled 5,444 million shares. This compares to 4,734 million shares in December 2001 and 8,077 million shares in January 2001.
Date 07/02/2002

Euronext: NextTrack - Number One In Rapidly Expanding European Tracker Market In First Year

Euronext, the first pan-European exchange, has today published a research document analysing the development of its NextTrack market for trackers (Exchange Traded Funds), since its launch on 9 January 2001. The research confirms NextTrack's market leadership in this rapidly expanding market.
Date 07/02/2002

Euronext Finalises Transfer Of Settlement Activities And Sale Of 20% Stake In Clearnet To Euroclear

Euronext has finalised the agreement signed on 14 June 2001 with Euroclear, on the consolidation of CIK and Necigef, the central securities depositories of Belgium and the Netherlands, into Euroclear group and the acquisition by Euroclear of a 20% shareholding in Clearnet, the clearing company of Euronext. Euronext NV will get a 3% stake in Euroclear plc.
Date 07/02/2002

Deutsche Börse Publishes Company Rankings For Equity Indexes - Scenario Ranking Based On Free Float For Investors' Orientation

On Thursday, Deutsche Börse AG published the current list of companies ranked by market capitalization and stock-exchange turnover for the equity indexes DAX, MDAX, SDAX and NEMAX 50.