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CME To List Weather Contracts On Five European Cities Oct. 3 - CME Also Will Expand Listings for U.S.-based Contracts with Five Monthly Contracts and Seven Seasonal Contracts Beginning Sept. 26

Date 23/09/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) today announced that it will list weather products on five European cities beginning Friday, Oct. 3, 2003. In addition, CME will expand the number of U.S. cities covered by its weather derivatives, adding monthly contracts for five cities and seasonal contracts for seven cities, beginning Friday, Sept. 26, 2003.
CBOT U.S. Weekly Soybean Export Update

Date 23/09/2003

Today's delayed weekly export sales of 21.7 million bu. and the USDA announcing 165,000 tonne sale of U.S. soybeans to China before the opening is likely to keep this market firm. With this year's export pace 33% above 2002 and 43% stronger than 5-yr average sales rate for this early date of marketing year, concerns about further tightening of the already small 2003-04 ending stocks of 135 million bu is mounting
CBOE And Amex Agree To Develop Mutual Back-Up Trading Arrangements In The Event Of Trading Interruption

Date 23/09/2003

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the American Stock Exchange (Amex) announced today that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to develop back-up trading arrangements in the event they are unable to operate from their respective trading facilities. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is reviewing how the markets and the Commission need to respond to future catastrophic events, and has expressed the belief that enhanced planning and intermarket coordi
American Stock Exchange And Philadelphia Stock Exchange Agree To Develop Mutual Back-Up Trading Arrangements In The Event Of Trading Interruption

Date 23/09/2003

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to develop back-up trading arrangements in the event they are unable to operate from their respective trading facilities. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is reviewing how the markets and the Commission need to respond to future catastrophic events, and has expressed the belief that enhanced planning and intermarket coordin
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Deliverable Bonds And Conversion Factors Of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year) As Of September 22, 2003

Date 22/09/2003

The deliverable bonds and conversion factors of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year) can be accessed by clicking here and here.

RTS Stock Exchange Order-Driven Market: Weekly Market Data

Date 22/09/2003

For the period of September 15th - September 19th, 2003, total trading volume of direct and indirect transactions (including REPO transactions) totaled 3 773 million rubles, compared with 2 643 million the week of September 8th - September 12th, 2003). Internet trading accounted for 30% of total trading volume, down from 34% the week before. 4 453 transactions were closed, up from 3 830 transactions last week.
RTS Stock Exchange Classic Market: Weekly Market Data

Date 22/09/2003

For the week of September 15th - September 19th, 2003, the RTS Index inched up 0.6 points and closed at 546.86 while the RTS Technical Index rose 0.53 percent, from 596.64 to 599.80.
RTS Stock Exchange Bonds: Weekly Market Data

Date 22/09/2003

For the week of September 15th- September 19th, 2003, total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading in corporate, governmental, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, equaled 3 662 thousand rubles, compared with 22 020 thousand rubles the week before. Three trades were registered, up from 6 trades the previous week.
Removal Of Remi Claeys From Euronext Brussels Indices

Date 22/09/2003

Following the take-over-bid by the Company Sapa AB, the Remi Claeys share (Isincode BE0003737518) will be removed from the following indices on 2003/09/22 after close following art. 1.4.c. of the BAS indexrules: BAS price index - (Isincode BE0389549941) BAS return index - (Isincode BE0389550956) Belgian Continuous return index - (Isincode BE0389551962 and BE0389552978) Mid Cap return index - (Isincode BE0389561094) Engineering & Machinery return index - (Isincode B
Options Clearing Corporation's Encore Begins Real-Time Processing Of PHLX Trades

Date 22/09/2003

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) today announced that its ENCORE clearing system is now receiving and processing a continuous stream of options trades from the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX). Previously, PHLX trades were sent in batches and processed at the end of the trading day.