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CBOT Trading Schedule For Labor Day Holiday

Date 12/08/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Labor Day holiday: Friday, August 29Open auction: Financial contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. All other open auction contracts (Agricultural and Stock Index) will close at their normal times.

Baltic Stock Exchanges July Statistics

Date 12/08/2003

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SFE Launches The 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate Futures Contract

Date 11/08/2003

At 5.10 pm on Monday, 11 August 2003, Sydney Futures Exchange will launch a 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate Futures contract.

Securities And Exchange Board Of India Order - Order Under Sections 11b And 11(4)(B) Of Securities And Exchange Board Of India Act, 1992 Against Shri Samir C. Arora

Date 11/08/2003

SEBI conducted investigations into the management, conduct and other affairs of the Alliance Capital Asset Management (I) Pvt. Ltd. (ACAML).

OneChicago Week In Review

Date 11/08/2003

Futures on the DIAMONDS (DIA1C) bid/ask spread performance last week: 6.4-cent spread on average* OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on AMEX 70% of the time * OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA ETF on Nasdaq 27% of the time, an 80% improvement over the previous week *

Nymex Sets Record For Crude Oil Calendar Spread Options Volume

Date 11/08/2003

Crude oil calendar spread options set a daily volume record on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., on Friday, when the 5,600 contracts traded surpassed the previous record of 3,500 contracts set on October 4, 2002.

FTSE European Monthly Review Now Available

Date 11/08/2003

The European Monthly Review contains top level index data of the European equity markets including:Performance figures at stock and sector level Country and sector weightings Complete list of constituents within our European index series Analysis of market behaviour during the preceding month

Chicago Stock Exchange: July Volume Figures

Date 11/08/2003

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CBOT Fed Watch: August 2003

Date 11/08/2003

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on August 12, 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.

Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistical Report July 2003

Date 11/08/2003

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