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Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics - June 2003

Date 15/07/2003

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The Turnover Of The Corporate Securities Market On The MICEX Grew 2-Fold In The First Six Months Of 2003

Date 14/07/2003

The total turnover of the MICEX market of non-government securities in the first six months of 2003 grew 2-fold as compared with the same period of 2002: 1,26 trillion rubles (40,7 billion dollars) against 623,5 billion rubles (20,1 billion dollars). Especially dynamic was the market of corporate and subfederal (regional) bonds. The volume of operations in these securities grew 4,5-fold.
The MICEX Currency Market's Average Daily Turnover Grows 2,3-Fold

Date 14/07/2003

In the first six months of 2003, the total trading volume on the exchange currency market exceeded 60 billion dollars, a 92% rise over the last year. As compared with 2002, the average daily trading volume grew 2.3-fold (from $279 million in 2002 to $647 million in the first six months of 2003). The most notable result was the growth of the attractiveness of the exchange currency market for all categories of participants in trades.
RTS Stock Exchange Order-Driven Market: Market Data

Date 14/07/2003

For the week of July 7th - July 11th, 2003, daily average trading volume of direct, indirect and REPO transactions on Order-driven market increased by 21%, from 12 002 to 14 483 million rubles. The number of indirect transactions equaled 10 908; indirect transactions volume reached 6 924 million rubles, with 188 million shares changing hands. Internet trading accounted for 30% of total weekly trading volume.
RTS Stock Exchange Classic Market: Weekly Market Data

Date 14/07/2003

For the week of July 7th - July 11th, 2003, the RTS Index lost 9.21 points and closed at 462.20 while the RTS Technical Index decreased by 9.28%, from 560.95 to 508.89.

RTS Stock Exchange Bonds: Market Data

Date 14/07/2003

For the week of July 7th-July 11th, 2003, total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading in corporate, governmental, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, grew 67% and reached 257 thousand US dollars. Five trades were registered in the system, up from two trades the week before.
OneChicago Week In Review

Date 14/07/2003

DIAMONDS ® Spreads Futures on the DIAMONDS (DIA1C) bid/ask spread performance last week: 7.2¢ spread on average* OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on AMEX 70% of the time* OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA ETF on Nasdaq 18% of the time*
NZX And Chicago Mercantile Exchange Join FTSE/MV Exchanges Index

Date 14/07/2003

FTSE and Mondo Visione welcome NZX and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to the FTSE/MV Exchange Index. The FTSE/MV Exchanges Index began on 17th August 2001, jointly created by FTSE Group and Mondo Visione, publisher of the Handbook of World Stock, Derivative and Commodity Exchanges The FTSE/MV Exchanges Index started with a base value of 5000 points The high of the index was on 17th June 2003 when it reached 6279.48 points, the low of the index was on 21st September 2001
MTS Portugal Launch Treasury Bill Segment

Date 14/07/2003

MTS Portugal today announced the launch of a new segment for the trading of Portuguese Treasury Bills (Bilhetes do Tesouro) in conjunction with the resumption of Treasury Bill issuance by the Instituto de Gestão do Crédito Público (IGCP). The new segment will promote liquidity and transparency for Treasury Bills as MTS Portugal currently accomplishes for Portuguese government bonds. Ahead of the launch of the Treasury Bill Segment, MTS Portugal posted strong growth with second quarter volume to
MICEX: In The First Six Months Of 2003 The Volume Of Trades In Government Securities Grew 7-Fold

Date 14/07/2003

The volume of trades in government securities (GKO/OFZ) on the MICEX, including auctions, secondary trades and direct and reverse REPO transactions against the Bank of Russia, amounted to 688,7 billion rubles (22 billion dollars), 7 times more than in the first six months of 2002 and about 2,7 more than in the whole year of 2002.