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GL TRADE Ready To Migrate Its Singapore Connectivity To New SGX Quest Trading Platform For Derivatives. Go Live, August 16th. - The Migration Of SGX QUEST For Securities Is Planned For First Half Of 2005

Date 09/08/2004

GL TRADE, global provider of electronic trading, clearing and settlement solutions announces its conformance to the new SGX Quest trading platform for Derivatives. It will further migrate its existing connectivity to SGX Quest for Securities which the Singapore Exchange schedules to implement during the first half of 2005. GL TRADE offers its clients connected to SGX, the complete product range and functionality of SGX Quest.
Deutsche Börse Lifts Sales Revenue Year-On-Year - Positive Business Development At Clearstream - Cash Market Segment Xetra Records Jump In Profits - Group's EBIT On A Par With 2003 At €112.7 Million

Date 09/08/2004

Deutsche Börse AG recorded another year-on-year increase in sales revenue in the second quarter, posting its third-best quarterly results to date. At € 359.0 million, sales revenue was up 2 percent on Q2/2003 (€351.9 million). The company generated a further €19.9 million from net interest income from banking business (Q2/2003: €23.8 million). Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were only slightly below the previous year at €112.7 million (Q2/2003: € 115.3 million).
Core Businesses Show Further Growth At Clearstream For July

Date 09/08/2004

Clearstream announced that in July 2004 the core business figures showed further growth levels as the custody and settlement division continues to benefit from full integration into Deutsche Börse Group. The value of assets held in custody on behalf of customers rose to approximately EUR 7.7 trillion, a rise of 5.4 percent from the same month last year. The breakdown of this growth shows advances of 9.3 percent for international assets and 3.3 percent for domestic assets.
CME Eurodollar Futures On GLOBEX® Volume Hits New Record Of 1.82 Million Contracts - Eurodollar Options Reach All-Time Record Above 1.4 Million Contracts - CME Posts Second Busiest Day Overall With More Than 6 Million Contracts Traded, And Sets All-Time G

Date 09/08/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced its Eurodollar futures on GLOBEX® volume totaled 1,819,330 contracts on August 6. Eurodollar options volume totaled 1,453,547 contracts, which was an all-time record. Total CME volume approached 6.3 million contracts, and was the second busiest trading day, after its record 6.5 million contracts on May 7, 2004.
CME Announces Labor Day Holiday Hours

Date 09/08/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced the following trading schedule in conjunction with the upcoming Labor Day holiday (all times are Central time):

CBOT® Volume Hits Third Best Session In Exchange History - U.S. Treasury Futures Set Multiple Volume And Open Interest Records

Date 09/08/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that on Friday, August 6, 2004, the exchange experienced its third highest single-session volume record, trading 4,041,307 contracts.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand’s And Federation Of Thai Capital Market Organizations Invite Nearly 300 Leading Overseas Institutional Investors And Analysts To Join ‘Thailand Focus 2004’

Date 08/08/2004

Organizations in the public and private sectors are ready for the ‘Thailand Focus 2004’ Conference on September 20 – 23. The conference will be held to reveal to nearly 300 fund executives, fund managers, securities analysts, and institutional investors from the USA, Canada, England, Europe and Asia the full potential of Thailand as an investment destination.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand: Chonburi Still Leads In Securities Investments From Eastern Region

Date 08/08/2004

The Chairwoman of the Capital Market Opportunity Center (CMOC) and the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI), Ms. Sopawadee Lertmanaschai, announced that, during the first 6 months of 2004, the securities investments from Chonburi province totaled THB 59,021.90 million, the highest in the Eastern region.
Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Raises TA-25 Index Float Requirements

Date 07/08/2004

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange board of directors has decided to raise the minimal public-float percentage for companies on the TA-25, Israel’s leading stock index. The minimal free float for a company on the index will be raised gradually, from 7.5% to 20%. The new requirements will be implemented at the next two updates of index constituents: On January 1, 2005, the minimal float percentage will be raised to 15%, and on July 1, 2005, the percentage will be increased to 20%.
VIX Futures Set New Single-Day Volume Record At CBOE Futures Exchange

Date 06/08/2004

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) announced that trading volume in VIX futures set a new single-day record today with reported volume of 1,967 VIX futures contracts. Today's volume surpassed the previous high of 1,844 contracts traded on July 12, 2004. Open interest in VIX futures stood at 7,283 contracts at the close of business yesterday.