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CBOT: New Dow Divisor Announced

Date 14/02/2003

Starting with Tuesday, February 18, stock market trading, the DowSM Jones Industrial Average and the 65-stock Composite Average will be calculated with new divisors because of Microsoft Corp.'s 2-for-1 common stock split.
CBOT To Launch Options On 30 Day Federal Fund Futures

Date 14/02/2003

On Friday March 14, 2003, the CBOT® is scheduled to begin trading options on 30-Day Federal Fund futures. The spectacular growth of the Fed Funds future has prompted the exchange to include options on the popular contract. Options on the Fed Fund future will add another arrow in the CBOT's quiver of exchange traded products. The uses for options on Fed Fund futures include but are not limited to: yield enhancement strategies, synthetic cap and floor creation, alternative stub hedging, as well as
Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics January 2003

Date 14/02/2003

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ASX To Trade Agricultural Futures

Date 14/02/2003

ASX is pleased to announce a further extension to its existing range of futures products. ASXF1 will commence trading wheat, barley, sorghum, and canola futures contracts subject to regulatory approval.
Annual Financial Statement Of Iceland Stock Exchange

Date 14/02/2003

The ICEX Board of Directors has approved the annual accounts for 2002. The following table shows the principal items in the company's Income Statement and Balance Sheet for 2002 and, for comparison purposes, for 2001 (all amounts are in ISK thousands). It also includes key financial ratios.

Weather Contracts Achieve Record Growth In January On Chicago Mercantile Exchange - Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA) Says Growth Shows The Increasing Recognition Of Weather Futures And Options As Vital Business Tools

Date 13/02/2003

Trading of weather-related futures and options contracts on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) reached record levels in January, with a significant increase over the transactions level in January 2002, the Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA) and CME announced today.
Program Trading Averaged 39.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Feb. 3-7, 2003

Date 13/02/2003

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 Feb. 3-7, 2003.
Nymex Exchange Of Options For Options Program Made Permanent

Date 13/02/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will make exchange of options for options trading in energy markets permanent.
NYBOT's Electronic Order Routing System Takes Off

Date 13/02/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that its Electronic Order Routing (EOR) system has been successfully deployed in all five of its soft commodities, with numerous orders being sent and executed on a daily basis, and new user groups routinely embracing the new technology. The customized EOR system allows users to send all types of orders directly to the trading floor, which are executed by a NYBOT member through open outcry, and then matched, cleared and confirmed.
Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange First Quarter 2003 Newsletter

Date 13/02/2003

The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) is Russia's leading exchange and the center of the nation-wide system of trades in currency, securities and derivatives. Now, ten years after its establishment, the MICEX has more than 80% of the total turnover of exchange trading in corporate securities in Russia