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CBOT Fed Watch: August 2003

Date 08/08/2003

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on August 12, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - July 2003

Date 08/08/2003

Turnover for July was EUR 59,399.0 million. This compares to EUR 69,121.0 million in June. Domestic turnover in July was EUR 48,519.9 million, foreign turnover 10,134.3 million, Nuovo Mercato, Domestic, EUR 694.4 million, Nuovo Mercato, Foreign, EUR 13.6 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 36.9 million.
United States Attorney And SEC File Charges Against Former Executives Of Seattle Clothing Company, Cutter & Buck, Arising Out Of Financial Accounting Fraud

Date 07/08/2003

The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced the filing of separate criminal and civil charges arising out of financial reporting fraud at Cutter & Buck Inc. [NASD: CBUK], an upscale clothing company based in Seattle, Washington. Documents filed in Court today allege that former company executives caused Cutter to fraudulently inflate
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Characteristics Of The New Stock Price Indices

Date 07/08/2003

Outline of the New Stock Price Indices
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.To Publish TOPIX 1000 And Mothers Index

Date 07/08/2003

As Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) previously announced on June 2, 2003, TSE will begin calculation and publication of the TOPIX 1000 and Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Index, together with real-time dissemination of the Tokyo Stock Exchange REIT Index, from September 16, 2003.

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. Announces Changes In TOPIX New Index Series

Date 07/08/2003

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will make changes to the constituents of the TOPIX New Index Series, including TOPIX Core 30, TOPIX 100 and TOPIX 500, effective after the close of trading Friday, September 12.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 07/08/2003

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, August 7, 2003: Kinloch Resources Inc. (TSXVN:KTE) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange as a result of its graduation to the TSX, where it will trade under the ticker “KTE.”
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 07/08/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Friday, August 8, 2003: The relative weight of ARC Energy Trust (TSX:AET.UN) will increase by approximately 0.36% in the S&P/TSX Capped Income Trust Index and by approximately 0.71% in the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Trust Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float trust units of the income trust due to the issuance of units.
SETTRADE Launches mobiSET<SUP><SMALL>TM </SUP></SMALL>Offering The First Full-Scale Securities Information Service Via Mobile Phones

Date 07/08/2003

SETTRADE.Com launches securities information service via the mobile phones called mobiSETTM making information monitoring, technical analysis, and portfolio management easy. SETTRADE is going to be the first and only provider of this service for customers of every mobile phone operator that supports WAP or GPRS, including the PDA.
Program Trading Averaged 45.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 28-Aug. 1, 2003

Date 07/08/2003

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 28-Aug. 1, 2003.