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CME Plans Sept. 23 Launch Date For S&P Technology, Financial And Energy SPCTR<SUP>™</SUP> Indexes

Date 20/08/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has announced that the first S&P 500 sector futures contracts-SPCTR™ indexes-to be traded will be the Technology, Financial and Energy SPCTR indexes. The new contracts will be the first S&P 500 sector indexes to trade on a futures exchange.
CBOT/MidAm Labor Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 20/08/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAmerica Commodity Exchange) have established the following trading schedules in observance of the Labor Day holiday:
Baltic Exchange And Strategic Software Limited: Agreement

Date 20/08/2002

The Baltic Exchange and Strategic Software Limited (Strategic) announce today (Tuesday) that heads of terms have been agreed under which the Exchange will acquire ownership of Strategic, the world's leading systems supplier to the shipping industry.
The Bank Of New York, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Introduce New Collateral Management Program To Help Members Meet Margin Requirements

Date 19/08/2002

The Bank of New York, a leading provider of securities services, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced the introduction of a new program which expands the range of collateral that CME members can use to satisfy margin requirements. The Bank of New York's collateral management system will provide CME participants with enhanced collateral flexibility.
Russian Trading System: Weekly Market Information

Date 19/08/2002

For the week of August 12th -August 16th, 2002, the RTS Index posted a 4.74% gain from 324.78 on August 9th to close at 340.18. The RTS Technical Index stood at 373.72, up 4.16% on the week.

Russian Trading System Bonds: Weekly Market Information

Date 19/08/2002

For the week of August 12th-August 16th, 2002, total volume in the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading of corporate, government, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, decreased from 1 577 thousand dollars to 1 090 thousand. The number of trades went up from 15 to 21.
NYSE Announces First-Half 2002 Financial Results

Date 19/08/2002

The New York Stock Exchange reported revenues of $425.0 million and net income of $20.7 million in the first six months of 2002, as compared with $444.7 million in revenue and $41.7 million in net income during the same period a year ago.
NYBOT Exchanges' Rulebooks On Website

Date 19/08/2002

Beginning today, Monday August 19th, the by-laws and rules for NYBOT, each of the NYBOT exchanges and the New York Clearing Corporation (NYCC) can be directly accessed on the NYBOT or the NYBOT Member websites. To access the rulebooks, go to the home page of either the NYBOT (www.nybot.com) or NYBOT Member (www.member.nybot.com) websites and click on "NYBOT Rulebooks". There you will find links to each of the rulebooks.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Three-Month HIBOR Futures Contract

Date 19/08/2002

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 21 August 2002, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
Futures & Options On Russian Trading System: Weekly Market Information

Date 19/08/2002

For the week of August 12th-August 16th, 2002, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 434.2 thousand contracts or 1 483 million rubles in underlying value. 10 279 trades were executed. The previous week data are as follows: 12 614 trades; 546 thousand contracts with an underlying value of 1 784 million rubles.