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Eurex Turns Over Around 94 Million Contracts In June - Eurex Closes First Half Of 2004 With Record Number Of Contracts - 553 Million - Record Turnover In The Italian Equity Option Segment

Date 01/07/2004

The international derivatives market Eurex turned over around 94 million contracts in June and therefore closed the first half of 2004 with record turnover. Over 553 million contracts were traded in the first six months of 2004, up by around 5 percent on the same period of the previous year (524 million contracts).
CME's Second Quarter 2004 Volume* Of 3.3 Million Contracts Increased 25 Percent - GLOBEX® Trading Up 65 Percent; Exchange Volume In June Averaged 3.1 Million Contracts Per Day As GLOBEX Trading Grew To 54 Percent Of Total

Date 01/07/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the largest futures exchange in the U.S., today reported its best volume quarter in its history with 3.3 million contracts per day during the second quarter. With exchange-wide volume above 69 million and total average daily volume (ADV) exceeding 3.15 million contracts, June marked the fourth consecutive month in which CME ADV exceeded 3 million contracts. Additionally, average daily trading on CME’s GLOBEX® electronic trading platform was approximately
Charles Fishkin Named Director Of SEC's New Office Of Risk Assessment Director To Coordinate Initiative Launched By Chairman In 2003

Date 01/07/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the selection of Charles A. Fishkin as the director of the newly formed Office of Risk Assessment (ORA). Mr. Fishkin will manage the overall risk assessment program, coordinating risk assessment activities across the agency, and will report directly to SEC Chairman William H. Donaldson.
CBOT Quarterly Volume Soars To New Record

Date 01/07/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that overall exchange volume set a new quarterly record. For the quarter ended June 30, 2004, volume reached an all-time high of 158,509,267 contracts, up 37.1 percent from the same quarter last year and up 16.1 percent from last quarter. In addition, volume in June was up 20.7 percent from June 2003 at 49,738,302 contracts and up 40.0 percent year-to-date (YTD) at 295,082,458 contracts.
Baltic Stock Exchanges: Baltic List To Be Expanded

Date 01/07/2004

As a next step towards the creation of a joint Baltic market, the current Baltic List consisting of 15 largest listed companies of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian stock exchanges will be expanded to comprise all main list companies of the three exchanges as of today, 1 July 2004.

Australian Securities and Investments Commission And ASX Sign Supervisory MOU

Date 01/07/2004

A new agreement to improve the efficiency of market supervision by minimising overlap and increasing regulatory cooperation has been signed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).
Tokyo Stock Exchange Requests UBS Securities Japan Ltd. Submit A Business Improvement Report

Date 30/06/2004

TSE requested UBS Securities Japan Ltd. (UBS Securities) submit a business improvement report regarding enforcement of its internal control system and clarification of locus of responsibility, etc.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Imposes A Penalty On TOYO SECURITIES CO., LTD.

Date 30/06/2004

TSE imposed a penalty on TOYO SECURITIES CO., LTD. (Toyo Securities) of a fine of JPY 3 million and requested a business improvement report.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Imposed A Penalty On OKACHI SECURITIES CO., LTD.

Date 30/06/2004

TSE imposed a penalty on OKACHI SECURITIES CO., LTD. (Okachi Securities) of a fine of JPY 1 million and requested a business improvement report for the act of conclusion of a contract to manage a discretionary account.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange: Rollover Of Three-Month Euroyen Futures Leading Contract Month - Leading Contract Month Will Be June 2005 From June 29, 2004

Date 30/06/2004

On both June 29 and 30, the Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (TIFFE) saw the trading volume of the current leading contract month of Three-month Euroyen Futures -March 2005- being exceeded by the next contract month -June 2005-, which marked the highest volume on both trading days among all Euroyen futures. As such, TIFEE has approved a shift of the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current March 2005 contracts to the June 2005 contracts. The new leading contract