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CBOT Fed Watch - October 2003

Date 28/10/2003

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on October 28, 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 forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
CBOT Continues Strong Financial Performance In 3rd Quarter 2003

Date 28/10/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced third-quarter operating income rose 97 percent over the same period the prior year, in performance fueled by record trading volume.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Deliverable Bonds And Conversion Factors Of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year) As Of October 27, 2003

Date 27/10/2003

The deliverable bonds and conversion factors of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year) can be accessed by clicking here and here.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 29 October 2003

Date 27/10/2003

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 29 October 2003, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short- Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For October 2003

Date 27/10/2003

As of mid-October, short interest in 2,765 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 4,429,621,493 shares compared with 4,337,944,691 shares in 2,780 National Market issues for the month of September.

Stock Exchange Of Thailand Board Reaffirms Kittiratt's Post

Date 27/10/2003

The SET Chairman, Mr. Vijit Supinit, disclosed today (October 27, 2003) that the SET Board of Governors has reviewed the SET's annual performance for 2003 and its plans for 2004 including business plans and proposed budgets, which the SET President, Mr. Kittiratt Na-Ranong, proposed.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand Board Approves 45 Strategic Business Plans For 2004

Date 27/10/2003

Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) President, Mr. Kittiratt Na-Ranong, revealed the SET Board of Directors has approved 45 aggressive business plans for 2004 during its meeting on October 27, 2003. The plans focused on expanding quality investors' base, educating investors, increasing the quality and quantity of listed companies, and training personnel associated with the capital markets, which include employees of listed companies, securities firms, and investors. The plans also centered on dev
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 27/10/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, October 27, 2003: Milagro Energy Inc. (TSXVN:MIG) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the ticker symbol "MIG" at the open of trading on Tuesday, October 28, 2003. Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investmen
RTS Stock Exchange Order-Driven Market: Weekly Market Data

Date 27/10/2003

For the period of October 20th - October 24th, 2003, total trading volume of direct and indirect transactions (including REPO transactions) totaled 6 043 million rubles, compared with 5 954 million for the week of October 13th - October 17th, 2003. Internet trading accounted for 32% of total trading volume, compared with 44% the week before. 8 903 transactions were closed, down from 8 352 transactions last week.
RTS Stock Exchange Classic Market: Weekly Market Data

Date 27/10/2003

For the week of October 20th - October 24th, 2003, the RTS Index lost 7.47 points and closed at 594.91 while the RTS Technical Index dropped 7.68 percent, from 708.04 to 653.68.