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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 01/07/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Wednesday, July 2, 2003: The relative weight of Canadian Oil Sands Trust (TSX:COS.UN) will increase by approximately 1.53% in the S&P/TSX Capped Income Trust Index and by approximately 3.04% 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.

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Market Sets Several Records In June And First Half Of 2003

Date 01/07/2003

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced that its derivatives market traded an all time high volume of 3,733,596 contracts in the month of June 2003, an increase from the last record volume of 3,611,883 contracts in July 2002.

Second-Strongest Month In Eurex History With Over 102 Million Contracts Traded; Record Volume At Mid-Year With 524 Million Contracts Traded/ Record Volumes In Equity Option Segments, Bund And Bobl Futures/ Dutch And French Equity Options Underscore G

Date 01/07/2003

Eurex, the international derivatives market, posted its second-highest monthly volume to date with over 102 million contracts traded in June (after 106 million contracts in March 2003). Compared with June 2002 (67 million contracts), Eurex volume for the month grew 52 percent. During the first half of 2003, the world's leading derivatives market turned over 524 million contracts, 42 percent higher than in the first six months of 2002. In June, Eurex also showed record results in various

OneChicago Reports Record Volume For June 2003

Date 01/07/2003

OneChicago, LLC today announced that it traded 218,730 contracts in June, which is more than double the 101,689 contracts traded in May and an Exchange monthly record. June included a record-high daily volume of 101,087 June 5.

Korea Stock Exchange Monthly Report - June 2003

Date 01/07/2003

Stock Market June May Change % KOSPI

KCBT June Volume And Open Interest Exceeds May Tally

Date 01/07/2003

The Kansas City Board of Trade volume traded during the month of June posted gains of 5.9 percent when compared to the volume traded during the month of May.

June 2003 - Euronext Key Indicators - Share Trading Grows In First Half Of 2003 By Almost 17% Year-To-Date - Euronext.liffe Interest Rate Products Up 62% Year-To-Date

Date 01/07/2003

Cash products Nearly 75 million transactions were registered on Euronext cash markets during the first half of 2003, showing an increase of more than 15% compared to the same period last year, with an average of almost 600,000 transactions daily. In June 2003, 13 million transactions registered on Euronext electronic central order book is up by more than 15% on June 2002.

ISE Maintains Position As Largest US Equity Options Exchange; Experiences Second Month As Number One In Customer Order-Flow Execution

Date 01/07/2003

For the fifth consecutive month, the International Securities Exchange (ISE) was the largest US equity options exchange.

Instinet To Release 2003 Second Quarter Results On July 21

Date 01/07/2003

Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INET) will release its results for the second quarter of 2003, ended June 30, on Monday, July 21, 2003.

GL TRADE Partners With Sonic Financial Technologies To Integrate Direct Market Access For US Equities - SonicStorm To Be Integrated With GL NET Global Trading Network

Date 01/07/2003

GL TRADE, a leading provider of financial trading software, and Sonic Financial Technologies, LLC a leading trading technology provider, today announced a partnership that will introduce Sonic direct access trading capabilities on the US markets to GL TRADE clients worldwide through a link between the GL NET and SonicStorm. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed.