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Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Sector Update

Date 08/08/2002

The Index Sub-Committee of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) has decided to update the classification of sector for Malaysian Tobacco Company Berhad and Artwright Holdings Berhad to come into effect on 12 August 2002.
IPE Statement On The Brent Market

Date 08/08/2002

Following the statement made on the 9 July, the IPE is now able to issue further clarification regarding its review of the IPE Brent Index settlement mechanism.
CME To Make 'E-history' Historical Data Available To Futures Traders Via The Internet

Date 08/08/2002

Beginning on Monday, Aug. 12, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) will offer "CME E-history" to the trading community via its Web site at www.cme.com. The new fee-based service will automate the process of supplying users with historical price data for CME futures and options on futures - data that is used to analyze price trends over a period of time.
CME Posts Fourth Consecutive Open Interest Record

Date 08/08/2002

For four consecutive sessions, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has posted exchange-wide open interest records, beginning on Aug. 2 with 18,989,272 positions and reaching 19,449,906 positions yesterday, Aug. 7.
CBOT® Enhances Its Municipal Bond Contract - Will List December 2002 Contract On August 8, 2002

Date 08/08/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) yesterday announced that it will introduce a new pricing mechanism for The Bond BuyerTM 40 Municipal Bond Index (BBI-40) in its first step toward re-engineering its Municipal Bond Index futures contract. The first delivery month affected will be the December 2002 contract, which will be listed on Thursday, August 8, 2002.

CBOT To Launch Options On Swap Futures Contracts

Date 08/08/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOTÒ) today announced the expansion of its swaps complex to include options on 10-Year and 5-Year Interest Rate Swap futures. ABN AMRO Bank N.V., currently the designated open auction and electronic market maker for the complex's existing 10-Year and 5-Year Swap futures, also will make markets for CBOT® options on Swap futures. The CBOT expects to launch these new contracts in its open auction and electronic markets in the early fall of 2002.
CBOT Fed Watch

Date 08/08/2002

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on August 13, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics July 2002

Date 08/08/2002

Riga The total Latvian capital market turnover in July amounted to EUR 54.60 (LVL 32.38) million.
Walt Lukken Sworn In As CFTC Commissioner

Date 07/08/2002

Walt Lukken was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that regulates commodity futures and option trading in the United States.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Review Of Constituents Of TOPIX New Index Series

Date 07/08/2002

Stocks to be excluded or added by the annual review of constituents of six new indices are as follows. The indices based on new constituents will be calculated and published from Tuesday, September 17, 2002. (Annual Constituent Changes effective after close of trading on September 13)