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Sydney Futures Exchange Expands Its Service Offering Following Strong Growth In Its Equity Derivative Products

Date 01/08/2002

Traded volumes in SPI 200™ futures and options at the Sydney Futures Exchange in July 2002 grew by approximately 23% and 12% respectively compared to the same month in 2001, influenced by a number of development initiatives implemented over the last three months. Interest rate futures and options also performed strongly, growing 36% and 95% respectively in comparison with the same month last year.
Stockholmsbörsen Statistics Report July 2002

Date 01/08/2002

Share trading
SGX Derivatives Break Monthly Total And Other Records; Year-To-Date Volume Grows 11%

Date 01/08/2002

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced that the total derivatives trading volume in July 2002 increased 67.5%, reaching 3,611,883 contracts, as compared to 2,155,944 contracts traded in the same month last year. July 2002's trading volume was also an all-time monthly record, surpassing the previous record of 3,372,838 set in November 2001.
SEC: Statement Of The Commission Regarding The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

Date 01/08/2002

On Tuesday, July 30, the President signed into law the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which, among other things, would establish a five-member Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the members of which are to be appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission within 90 days of enactment, in consultation with the Federal Reserve Chairman and the Secretary of the Treasury.
Record Trading In July 2002 For virt-x

Date 01/08/2002

virt-x plc, the operator of the virt-x pan-European cross border exchange, announced today that it processed over 1 million trades with a value of EUR 65.6 billion during July 2002.

Program Trading Averaged 36.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 22-July 26, 2002

Date 01/08/2002

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for July 22-26, 2002.
NYSE Approves Measures To Strengthen Corporate Accountability. Major Steps Aimed At Building Investor Confidence

Date 01/08/2002

The New York Stock Exchange's board of directors today approved significant changes in its listing standards aimed at helping to restore investor confidence by empowering and ensuring the independence of directors and strengthening corporate-governance practices.
New Worldwide Record In Trading Volume At Eurex - Over 77 Million Contracts Traded In July - Record Volumes In Index Products Segment, In EuroSTOXX And DAX Products - Euro STOXX Futures Rank Second In Contract Volume At Eurex

Date 01/08/2002

Eurex, the international derivatives market, set a new worldwide turnover record in July: With more than 77 million contracts traded, the world market leader clearly surpassed its previous record of 74 million contracts in turnover from July 2001. Compared with the same month of last year (47.9 million contracts), Eurex showed a 62 percent increase in volume. During the first seven months of 2002, the derivatives market thus turned over more than 445 million contracts.
London Stock Exchange - First Russian Share Listing In London

Date 01/08/2002

The London Stock Exchange today welcomed OAO LUKOIL ('LUKOIL'), which will be the first Russian company to list shares in London.
KCBT Exchange Volume Traded In July Second Only To June 2001

Date 01/08/2002

The Kansas City Board of Trade total exchange volume traded in July 2002 was the second-highest in exchange history as 348,851 contracts were traded, a mere 1 percent less than June 2001 volume, the record-holder.