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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Income Trust And S&P Canadian Energy Trust Indices

Date 05/11/2002

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Wednesday, November 6, 2002:
Russian Trading System: Order-Driven Market: Weekly Data

Date 05/11/2002

For the week of October 28th- November 1st, 2002, securities traded on the Order-driven market 6 353 times, a 22.4% increase on previous week's 5 192 times.
Russian Trading System Classic Stock Market: Weekly Data

Date 05/11/2002

For the week of October 28th -November 1st, 2002, the RTS Index posted a 2.44% gain and closed at 357.45. The RTS Technical Index rose 2.33% to 393.26.
Russian Trading System Bonds: Weekly Data

Date 05/11/2002

For the week of October 28th-November 1st, 2002, the total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading of corporate, government, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, increased 4. 4 times and reached 2 445 thousand US dollars. The number of trades went up from 7 to 12.
NYBOT's Coffee Options Contract Sets New Open Interest Record

Date 05/11/2002

The New York Board of Trade's (NYBOT®) coffee options contract reached another new open interest record of 96,768 contracts on Monday, November 4, 2002. The new high replaces the old record of 96,758 contracts set on Thursday, October 31, 2002.

New Nasdaq Liffe Markets To Offer Trading On Russell ETF Futures

Date 05/11/2002

Nasdaq Liffe Markets, LLC (NQLX) and Frank Russell Company signed a licensing agreement to offer ETF futures contracts based on the family of 12 Russell iShares.When NQLX begins trading November 8th, the agreement assures it will be the first exchange to offer security futures contracts on Russell iShares. These exchange traded funds are managed by Barclays Global Fund Advisors, a subsidiary of Barclays Global Investors, N.A., the largest manager of indexed products in the world.
Nasdaq Liffe Markets To Offer Futures On Nasdaq 100 Index Tracking Stock (QQQ)

Date 05/11/2002

Nasdaq Liffe Markets, LLC (NQLX) announced today that it will offer a security futures contract on the Nasdaq 100 Index Tracking Stock, whose trading symbol is QQQ, when trading begins this Friday, November 8, 2002.
Nasdaq LIFFE Markets Margin Rules Approved - November 8 Start Date

Date 05/11/2002

Nasdaq Liffe Markets (NQLX) announced today that the SEC has given final approval of NQLX's margin rules, clearing the way for the exchange's announced launch on Friday, November 8, 2002. "This approval was the last remaining hurdle for the historic launch of Securities Futures on NQLX" said Chief Executive Officer Tom Ascher. "After over 18 months of preparation and nearly half a year of testing with our member firms, it is gratifying to be launching at the end of this week."
MSCI ACWI Free<SUP>SM</SUP> And MSCI EMF® Now Available In Real Time

Date 05/11/2002

MSCI, a leading provider of international equity, fixed income and hedge fund indices, announced today the launch of MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) FreeSM and MSCI EMF® (Emerging Markets Free) equity indices in real time via Reuters and Bloomberg. The indices are part of MSCI Real Time IndicesSM - the ideal partner to MSCI Real Time ConstituentsSM, which was launched last month on Bloomberg.
London Metal Exchange October 2002 Volume

Date 05/11/2002

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 5,681,338 lots in October 2002. This figure was made up of 5,508,508 lots of futures, 166,119 lots of options and 6,711 lots of TAPOs.