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February 2004 - Euronext Key Indicators - Record Cash Trading In The Year-To-Date - Strong Increase Of 24% In Share Trading YOY - Record February For Derivatives - Volumes Up 40% Year On Year

Date 01/03/2004

Cash products A strong increase in cash trading was seen in February on Euronext markets: + 22,2% compared to the same month last year, in terms of total volume as well as on an average daily basis. In February 12.6 million transactions were made. In the year-to-date the total number of transactions amounted to 26.6 million, representing an average daily number of 648,400, up 20% compared to the same period in 2003. This is a record in the year-to-date since Euronext's creat
Eurex Trades 81 Million Contracts In February - Eurex Bonds Records 30 Percent Year-On-Year Growth

Date 01/03/2004

The international derivatives market Eurex traded 81 million contracts in February and recorded year-on-year growth of around 10 percent (February 2003: 73.7 million contracts). On average, approximately four million contracts were traded and cleared each day.
Deutsche Börse: 50 Percent Rise In Equities Turnover In February - 294 Billion Euros In Overall Turnover On The German Stock Exchanges - 21 Percent More Transactions On Xetra

Date 01/03/2004

The equities turnover has risen significantly in February: The order-book statistics, which are based on single counting of all transactions in the order book of Xetra and broker-supported trading on the floor, show that a total of 84.7 billion euros in equities volume was traded on the German stock exchanges - 50 percent higher than the year before (February 2003: 56.5 billion euros). Of this total, 79 billion euros was traded in German equities, and 5.7 billion euros in foreign equities.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange - Focus: Investment Funds Focusing On Growth Regions Enjoyed A Boom On The Copenhagen Stock Exchange In 2003

Date 01/03/2004

In Focus no. 76 Nikolaj Holdt Mikkelsen, Copenhagen Stock Exchange, looks at the most successful investment funds in 2003 on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and the XtraMarked - the Exchange's marketplace for unlisted investment funds.
CME Posts Busiest February Ever As Electronic Eurodollar, FX Volume Surge And Combined Open Interest Hits All-Time Record At Month End - Jump In GLOBEX® Eurodollar Volume Pushes Electronic Trading To 48 Percent Of Total Volume

Date 01/03/2004

Trading volume* at Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the largest U.S. futures exchange, averaged 2.5 million contracts per day in February - a 13 percent increase over year ago activity levels, making it the busiest February trading month in exchange history. Also, at the close of the last trading day of the month, February 27, CME open interest totalled 37.3 million contracts, the highest level in CME history.

CESR Consultative Concept Paper On The Proposed Financial Instruments Markets Directive (ISD2) On Articles 25, 56 and 58

Date 01/03/2004

Further to the CESR Call for Evidence (Ref. CESR/04-022) published on 20 January 2004 regarding the provisional Mandate received from the European Commission on the proposed revised Financial Instruments Markets Directive (ISD2), CESR publishes today a Consultative Concept Paper. The concept paper covers the provisional Mandate given to CESR by the EU Commission related to transaction reporting (Art. 25 ISD2), the competent authorities’ obligation to cooperate (Art. 56) and the exchange of infor
CBOT Fed Funds February Settlement

Date 01/03/2004

The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for February 2004 was cash settled on March 1 at a final settlement price of 98.993, for an average daily effective federal funds rate of 1.007 percent during the delivery month. Please click here to view the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.
CBOT February Volume Up 36.8 Percent From 2003 At 43,815,075 - All-Time Total Exchange Daily Volume, Open Interest Records Shattered

Date 01/03/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced heavy trading volume in February, with overall exchange volume increasing 36.8 percent over February 2003 and up 6.4 percent from the previous month at 43,815,075 contracts. In a month with only 19 trading days, exchange daily volume topped the three million mark three days in a row, with February 26 the busiest trading day in exchange history at 3,354,490 contracts traded. Average daily volume reached 2,306,057, up 36.8 percent from February 20
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 01/03/2004

The market gained 2 points in a fairly quiet week.
BEL20® Index - New Divisors

Date 01/03/2004

Following the announced modification of the BEL20® Index, the current divisors have to be replaced by the new divisors as published below from Tuesday 2 March 2004 onwards: