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TSX Statistics - January 2003

Date 03/02/2003

This Month's Highlights
Treasury, OFHEO And SEC Release Joint Report On Mortgage-Backed Securities Markets

Date 03/02/2003

The Department of the Treasury, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today released a joint staff report on disclosure practices in the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) markets.
The International Securities Exchange Becomes Second-Largest US Options Exchange - Posts Strong Trading Volume, Market Share Gains

Date 03/02/2003

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) experienced significant trading volume growth in January, making it the second largest of the five US options exchanges in terms of overall volume.
SWX: Successful Takeover Offer For virt-x

Date 03/02/2003

SWX Holding AG has announced that, as at 31 January 2003, the "first closing day", it had received a total of 156.33 million worth of tendered virt-x shares. That amount corresponds to 91.5 per cent of the shares involved in the tender offer, and exceeds the threshold of 90 per cent required for an annulment. The offer of 12.5 pence per virt-x share will continue until further notice. In total, SWX Holding AG now controls 94.8% of the equity capital and voting rights of virt-x. As previously ind
Stockholmsbörsen: Monthly Statistics January 2003

Date 03/02/2003

Volume record in derivatives trading in January. Average daily volume amounted to 329 805 contracts per day in January (earlier record October 2002: 328 467).

Stock Exchange Of Thailand: Settrade Unveils Plan To Attract More Internet Investors

Date 03/02/2003

Settrade has mapped out measures to increase the number of investors making their transactions through the Internet by developing the quality of both its hardware and software. It plans to launch "Day Trade Lite", a new program to carry out transactions through the Internet, as well as to boost its back-up system, in conjunction with five major banks, Siam Commercial Bank, Krung Thai Bank, Bank of Asia, Thai Farmers Bank, and Bank of Ayudhaya. Internet investors can make their payments through
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

Date 03/02/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Tuesday, February 4, 2003: The relative weight of Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K) will increase by approximately 0.32% in the S&P/TSX Composite and S&P/TSX Capped Composite, 3.40% in the S&P/TSX Canadian SmallCap, 2.71% in the TSX 200 Index, 1.94% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Materials Sector Index and by 6.39% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Gold Sector Index. The relative
Singapore Exchange: New Open Interest Records Broken On 27 Jan 2003

Date 03/02/2003

MSCI Singapore Free Index Futures Contract and MSCI Taiwan Futures Contract both hit open interest records of 27,098 contracts and 70,649 contracts respectively on 27 Jan 2003
OneChicago Reports January 2003 Volume

Date 03/02/2003

OneChicago, LLC today announced that it traded 111,538 contracts in January. Open interest at OneChicago stood at 60,780 contracts on Jan. 31, an increase of 77.6% over the end of the previous month. Average daily volume in January was 5,311 contracts.
NYBOT Issues Reminder For New Terms And Conditions For Cotton No. 2 Futures Contract

Date 03/02/2003

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) today issued another reminder of several changes announced June 1, 2001, by its New York Cotton Exchange ("Exchange") to the terms and conditions of the Cotton No. 2 futures contract. The changes take effect commencing with the May 2003 delivery.