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OneChicago Week In Review

Date 12/05/2003

Futures on the DIAMONDS (DIA1C) bid/ask spread performance last week: 5.3¢ spread on average, a 7% improvement over the prior week* OneChicago DIAMONDS spread was equal to or tighter than the DIA Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on AMEX 78% of the time* OneChicago DIAMONDS spread was equal to or tighter than the DIA ETF on Nasdaq 43% of the time*
NYSE LiquidityQuote<SUP>SM</SUP> To Debut May 21 - Dual Quoting To Begin In 28 NYSE-listed Component Stocks Of Dow Jones Industrial Average

Date 12/05/2003

The New York Stock Exchange announced today that it would begin publishing NYSE LiquidityQuotes in the 28 NYSE-listed component stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average beginning May 21, 2003.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report April 2003

Date 12/05/2003

Turnover The total turnover of all market segments of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange (LJSE) in April 2003 amounted to SIT 21.1 billion, which was 15.1% less than the previous month and SIT 19.0 billion less compared to the previous year's monthly average. Compared to April 2002, the turnover decreased by half (-SIT19.8 billion).
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Standard Board Lot Of 100 Units To Be Fully Implemented On 26 May

Date 12/05/2003

All remaining 653 counters on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) will be traded in standard board lot of 100 units with effect from 9.00 am, Monday, 26 May 2003. The conversion of these counters into standard board lot of 100 units marks the completion of the exercise to standardise board lot of all securities on the KLSE at 100 units.
HEX Plc's Interim Report

Date 12/05/2003

HEX Plc's Interim Report 1 January - 31 March 2003 has been published and is available on HEX's website at: http://www.hexgroup.com/en/index.html. http://www.hexgroup.com/en/index.html.

Deutsche Börse's Debut Benchmark Bond Successfully Launched - Corporate Bond Three Times Oversubscribed

Date 12/05/2003

Deutsche Börse, the world's largest exchange organization in terms of revenue and market capitalization, successfully launched its inaugural benchmark bond in the corporate Eurobond market on Friday. The issue has a volume of 500 million euros and will mature on 23 May 2008. The coupon was 3.375 percent, the issue price at 99.751 to give a spread of 15 basis points over mid swaps equivalent to 33.4 basis points over the OBL 141 4.25 percent February 2008.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 12/05/2003

The market had mixed fortunes this week with reasonable volumes in some of the larger cap stocks.
Borsa Italiana: April Saw A Significant Rise In Share Prices And A Big Increase In Stock Futures Trading, Reaching A New All-Time High. The Best Performance Since February 2000 For The MIB Index

Date 12/05/2003

In April the Italian stock market saw a big rise in share prices and substantial stability in turnover, while IDEM stock futures trading reached new all-time highs.
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - April 2003

Date 12/05/2003

Turnover for April was EUR 55,653.9 million. This compares to EUR 60,804.0 million in March. Domestic turnover in April was EUR 47,796.5 million, foreign turnover 7,200.9 million, Nuovo Mercato, Domestic, EUR 619.5 million, Nuovo Mercato, Foreign, EUR 16.5 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 20.6 million.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Position limits

Date 09/05/2003

Neither a trading participant (for its own account) nor a customer may hold an aggregate position in contract units on an Equity Option in excess of such number of contracts units having shares of underlying stock equal to following amounts of combining short positions in put options with long positions in call options of the same underlying stock or combining long positions in put options with short positions in call options of the same underlying stock. 1% or more of the number of al