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RTS Index Exceeds 400 For The First Time Since 1998

Date 15/05/2002

RTS Index closed at 402.91 on May 14. Thus it exceeded 400 for the first time since 1998. The last time the RTS Index exceeded this point was on January 6, 1998, when it reached 410.04.
Per Nordberg Appointed As New CFO Of OM

Date 15/05/2002

Per Nordberg has been appointed as CFO of OM. He will take up his position on September 2, 2002 and will be a member of OM's Executive Management Team.
Oslo Børs Strengthens Its Customer Focus

Date 15/05/2002

Oslo Børs is to establish a new Market Department to take on overall responsibility for the exchange´s customer relationships. One of the main objectives for the new department will be to identify and evaluate the needs of investors, listed companies and investment firms in order to ensure that the future development of the markets operated by Oslo Børs reflects the requirements of their users.
Nymex Sets Record For Nymex Division Seat Sale

Date 15/05/2002

Two seats on the NYMEX Division of The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., sold on May 13 for $950,000, exceeding the record of $925,000 which was set on April 1, 2002.
Nasdaq Reports First Quarter 2002 Results

Date 15/05/2002

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., the world's largest electronic stock market, today reported first quarter results for the period ending March 31, 2002

MNX Open Interest Passes Million Mark At CBOE

Date 15/05/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced record open interest of 1,011,526 contracts (553,319 calls and 458,207 puts) in CBOE Mini-Nasdaq-100 Index options (MNX). The MNX was launched on August 14, 2000, at CBOE, and is now consistently one of the top five index products, in terms of volume, traded at CBOE.
Geir Heggem Appointed Chief Financial Officer Of Oslo Børs

Date 15/05/2002

Geir Heggem has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Oslo Børs. Heggem succeeds Hege Sjo, who has been appointed head of the new Market Department at Oslo Børs.
Deutsche Börse: Annual General Meeting Approves Dividend Of 0.36 Euros - Jentzsch Voted New Member Of Supervisory Board - Articles Of Association Now Allow Electronic Voting At AGMs

Date 15/05/2002

At their annual general meeting on Wednesday, the shareholders of Deutsche Börse AG voted in favor of disbursing a dividend of 0.36 euros per share, with respect to 102,760,000 shares. The dividend for the financial year 2001 is thus 20 percent higher than the previous year. Of the distributable profit totalling 60 million euros in financial 2001, 37 million euros will be distributed, 23 million euros will be allocated to the retained earnings. Last year, the dividend was 3 euros per share with
CME Contract Specifications Changes

Date 15/05/2002

The CME Contract Specifications pages on the CME's Web site have been updated to reflect that the CME will begin trading the following:
Chicago Board Options Exchange Uses SAVVIS Financial Xchange IP VPN To Offer Pre-Opening Options Trading Through CBOEdirect - CBOE Uses SAVVIS IP VPN And Internet For Extended Hours Trading, Single Stock Futures And Options Information Portal

Date 15/05/2002

SAVVIS Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: SVVS), the leading network services provider to the global financial markets, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, announced yesterday that SAVVIS has successfully deployed an IP virtual private network (VPN) to support CBOEdirectTM, an innovative screen-based trading solution for extended hours trading. The SAVVIS IP VPN supports current CBOEdirect market makers, broker-dealers, and trading firms and will be fu