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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.
John Tiner Appointed UK's Financial Services Authority Chief Executive

Date 14/07/2003

John Tiner has been appointed Chief Executive of the Financial Services Authority. He will take up the post on 22 September 2003.

In The First Six Months Of 2003, The Total Turnover Of Trades On The MICEX Reached About 123 Billion Dollars

Date 14/07/2003

The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) assessed the results of its work in the first six months of 2003 (1 January 2003 - 30 June 2003). The total turnover of trades in all markets amounted to 122,9 billion US dollars, which is 2,3 times more than in the first six months of 2002.
HKEx: Changes Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 14/07/2003

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 21 July 2003 (Monday), one additional security will be eligible for short selling and sixteen existing Designated Securities will be removed from the list. The total number of Designated Securities for short selling will be 159.
Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange: Market Data

Date 14/07/2003

For the week of July 7th- July 11th, 2003, daily average trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) grew by 7% in contracts and 9% in rubles and reached 757 thousand contracts, or 5 415 million rubles. The number of transactions increased 9% and reached 17 905. Total open interest as of July 11th, 2003, stood at 454 thousand contracts or 3 175 million rubles in underlying value, compared with 332 thousand contracts and 2 400 million rubles as of July 4th, 2003.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange: Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS) for Currency Products

Date 14/07/2003

Beginning with the September 2003 Currency Delivery, CME will offer all firms a new foreign currency settlement option called Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS) as an alternative to the current Orders-To-Pay procedure. This will be used for the September EuroFX and E-mini EuroFX contracts only. CME will make the CLS settlement method available for other CME currency products that are CLS eligible at a later date.
CFTC Announces Completion Of Appointment Of Senior Team Of The Division Of Clearing And Intermediary Oversight

Date 14/07/2003

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced several new appointments to the Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight (DCIO) to complete the senior management team (see organizational chart).