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CME S&P 500® Futures Contract Breaks 800,000 Open Interest Mark

Date 19/06/2003

Continuing a string of five consecutive sessions of record-breaking open interest, S&P 500® futures traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) surpassed the 800,000 mark for the first time yesterday, June 18, with 819,796 open positions. Open interest in S&P 500 futures began its rise to record levels on June 12, with 737,097 positions.
CME Chairman Terry Duffy Testifies On CFMA Implementation Before House Subcommittee

Date 19/06/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) Chairman Terry Duffy today testified to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Committee on Agriculture of the U.S. House of Representatives. His testimony focused on the Implementation of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act (CFMA) of 2000. Specific topics included:
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Launches The "CME Center For Innovation"

Date 19/06/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced the launch of the CME Center for Innovation. The CME Center for Innovation will create and sponsor thought-provoking original programming that identifies, showcases and fosters examples of significant innovation and creative thinking across multiple industries. Programs will include seminars, roundtable discussions and original thought pieces on innovation, as well as an annual innovation award.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Prices Secondary Offering at $69.60 Per Share

Date 19/06/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME) yesterday priced the secondary offering by certain of its shareholders of 1,220,635 shares of Class A common stock at $69.60 per share - the same price as yesterday's closing price on the New York Stock Exchange. The company will not sell any shares or receive any proceeds from the sale of stock by its shareholders in the offering.
Change To NZX Market Trading Hours

Date 19/06/2003

NZX will change its market trading hours on Monday 30 June 2003, from 9am to 4pm, to new hours of 10am (market opening) to 5pm (market closing). Trade execution cut-off time will be 5.30pm Company announcements will be accepted for release until 6pm. Settlement cut-off will remain unchanged at 4pm. These new hours apply to both the NZSX (equities) market and the NZDX (debt) market.

CBOT<SUP><SMALL>® </SUP></SMALL>Chairman Charlie Carey Testifies Before House Subcommittee On The Implementation Of CFMA

Date 19/06/2003

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Chairman Charlie P. Carey testified today on the implementation of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act (CFMA) of 2000 to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Committee on Agriculture of the U.S. House of Representatives.
American Stock Exchange Reports Increase In Short Interest

Date 19/06/2003

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 607,205,869 shares as of the June 13 settlement date, an increase of 63,950,500 from the 543,255,396 (adjusted) shares reported in mid-May. The June figure represents trades through June 10, 2003.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Closed On June 19

Date 18/06/2003

The Warsaw Stock Exchange would like to remind that June 19, 2003 (Thursday) is a holiday in Poland. The Exchange will be closed on that day. However, June 20 (Friday) is a normal business day on the Exchange.
Warsaw Exchange - Announces Revision In WIG And WIRR Indices

Date 18/06/2003

The Warsaw Stock Exchange announces the following quarterly adjustment changes to the WIG and WIRR SmallCap Indices: TRASTYCHY, KRUK and UNIMIL will be moved from the WIG Index to the WIRR Index and KOPEX, STALPROFIL, OLAWA and WISTIL will be moved from the WIRR Index to the WIG Index. BUDOPOL, ELEKTROEX and EKODROB will be removed from the WIRR Index, because they no longer meet the criteria of participation. 7BULLS, PERMEDIA, PEKABEX, WANDALEX and KZW
The MICEX And The London International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) Start The Second Stage Of The Training Program For Russian Oil Industry Workers

Date 18/06/2003

Russian oil companies' specialists begin their training course in "International trade in oil products and oil processing" today on the MICEX. The course was organized with the support of the London International Petroleum Exchange, Confidence UK Company (London) and the MICEX. About 40 Russian fuel and energy companies are involved in the training program.