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Eurex Turnover Up To 76 Million Contracts In August - Trading Volumes In The First Eight Months Top The Prior-Year Period

Date 01/09/2004

Trading volume at Eurex increased substantially in August, with the world's largest derivatives exchange exceeding the August 2003 volume by 8 percent, up to 75.7 million contracts. At 704.4 million contracts, turnover for the first eight months of the current year represents a year-on-year increase of around 3 percent.
Deutsche Boerse Group: Total Turnover Of EUR226 Billion On German Stock Exchanges In August - More Transactions On Xetra

Date 01/09/2004

Based on the aggregate statistics, a total volume of € 226.3 billion was traded on the German stock exchanges in August. This total includes €174.4 billion in equities, warrants and exchange traded funds, as well as €51.9 billion in fixed-income securities.
CME Reports Average Daily Volume Of Over 2.9 Million Contracts In August, Up 28 Percent From Prior Year - GLOBEX® Volume Represents A Record 62 Percent Of Total Exchange Volume, Up More Than 100 Percent From August 2003

Date 01/09/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced its average daily volume during the month of August was over 2.9 million contracts per day, an increase of 28 percent from the same period one year ago. Trading activity on CME’s GLOBEX® electronic trading platform grew 107 percent in August compared to August 2003, marking the highest percentage of GLOBEX at CME trading ever. As a percentage of CME’s total business, an average of 62 percent of CME volu
CBOT® Electronic Platform Sets All-Time Daily Trading Volume Record - CBOT Ten-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Volume Soars To New Daily Record

Date 01/09/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that the exchange set a new daily electronic trading volume record. Volume on the exchange's electronic trading platform, powered by LIFFE CONNECT®, reached 2,473,584 contracts on Tuesday, August 31, surpassing the previous record of 2,442,756 contracts set on May 7.
CBOT Fed Funds July Settlement

Date 01/09/2004

The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for August 2004 will be cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 98-571, for an average daily effective federal funds rate of 1.429 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement

CBOT August Volume Jumps 25.2 Percent From Last Year

Date 01/09/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that total exchange volume continued to post significant growth, reaching 53,127,493 contracts in August, up 25.2 percent from last year and 22.6 percent from July. Year-to-date (YTD) volume through August was up 31.3 percent from January through August last year. Average daily volume in August accelerated 19.5 percent to 2,414,886 contracts from August 2003 levels.
2003 Japan Shareownership Survey

Date 01/09/2004

Click here to download the 2003 Shareownership Survey. This was released on June 17, 2004.
Unibanco –UNIT (ADR) Share Increase In The S&P ADR Indices

Date 31/08/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective the close of trading on Thursday, September 2, 2004 Unibanco -UNIT (ADR) (Brazil, NYSE: UBB, CUSIP: 90458E107, Sedol: 2000815) shares will increase by 11,951,547 to 79,609,745. The share change is a result of the conversion of Unibanco Holdings –PNB and Unibanco –PN shares into Unibanco –UNIT shares.
Unibanco – Unit ADR Share Increase In The S&P Latin American 40 Indices

Date 31/08/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P Latin America 40 Index effective after the close of trading on Thursday, September 2nd, 2004. Unibanco – Unit (Brazil, SEDOL 2000815) ADR shares will increase by 11,951,547 to 79,603,745. The ADR shares increase comes as result of the conversion of Unibanco Holdings – PNB shares and Unibanco – PN shares into Unibanco – Unit shares.
UK’s Financial Services Authority Takes Action Against Firms Falling Short Of The Mark

Date 31/08/2004

Work by the Financial Services Authority over the past year to maintain standards among smaller financial firms has resulted in more than 100 firms making remedial changes to the way in which they operate in order to address serious failings and 19 firms losing their authorisation to do business.