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Euronext: Revenues Increased By 9.6% In The 2nd Quarter 2002 Compared To A Year Earlier

Date 12/08/2002

Euronext NV revenues for the second quarter of 2002 totalled €247.7mn, an increase of 9.6% on the total of €226.1mn achieved in the same period in 2001. Revenues have increased by 1.8% on the first quarter of the year.
CBOT Fed Watch

Date 12/08/2002

Based upon the August 12th market close in the August 2002 expiration, the Chicago Board of Trade 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is currently pricing in a 22 percent probability that the Federal Open Market Committee will lower the federal funds target rate by at least 25 basis points from 1-3/4 percent to 1-1/2 percent at tomorrow's FOMC meeting (versus a 78 percent probability of no rate change).
CBOE Schedule For Labor Day Holiday

Date 12/08/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule in observance of the Labor Day holiday: Friday, August 30: CBOE interest rate option products will close at 12:00 Noon CDT (Chicago time). Regular trading hours will be in effect for all other CBOE products. Monday, September 2: CBOE will be closed.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 12/08/2002

Weakness continued as the week's most active stock, Sechaba, plunged 40t or 5.4% to P7.00 on over 1.5 million shares on the back of renewed foreign selling. The stock is looking cheap at these levels on a historic PER of 8x and yield of 11.6%.
ASX Rules Encourage Venture Capitalists

Date 12/08/2002

ASX has further demonstrated its commitment to fostering the development of emerging growth industries in Australia by changing its rules on securities issued to pre-float investors.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

Date 09/08/2002

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Monday, August 12, 2002: The relative weight of BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) will increase by approximately 0.40% in the S&P/TSX Composite and S&P/TSX Capped Composite, 0.52% in the S&P/TSX 60 and S&P/TSX 60 Capped and 0.45% in the TSX 100 Indices. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float shares of the company pursuant to the buyback of a stake in Bell Ca
Removal Of Surongo From Euronext Brussels Indices

Date 09/08/2002

Following the take-over swap by the Company "Compagnie Mobilière et Foncière du Bois Sauvage SA", the share Surongo (Isincode BE0003527356) will be removed from the following indices on 2002/08/09 after close following art. 1.4.b. of the BAS indexrules: BAS price index BAS return index Small Cap return index Investment Companies return index Financials return index
Instinet Announces July 2002 U.S. Equity Share Volume And Market Share

Date 09/08/2002

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INET) announced today that its U.S. equity share volume in July 2002 totaled 10,320 million shares. This compares to 6,946 million shares in June 2002 and 5,798 million shares in July 2001.
Enhancements To The SFE Block Trade Facility - Trading News Update August 2002

Date 09/08/2002

On Friday, 30 August 2002 a series of enhancements to SFE's Block Trade Facility (BTF) will become effective, subject to regulatory disallowance. The BTF is an 'off-market' trading mechanism available for selected SFE products. It offers much of the flexibility and certainty of an over-the-counter (OTC) market, plus the counterparty guarantee and integrity of an exchange market. The BTF enables professional market users to arrange and transact orders of significant size, tailored
CME Sets Fifth Exchange-Wide Open Interest Record And Euro FX Options Also Set Five Consecutive Records

Date 09/08/2002

For five 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 19,607,853 positions yesterday, Aug. 8. The most recent previous record was on Aug. 7 at 19,449,906 positions.