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Rising Eurex Market Share In Dutch Equity Options

Date 10/02/2003

Eurex, the international derivatives market, has further expanded its position as the world's leading equity options exchange with a rising share of the market in Dutch equity options. In January 2003, Eurex turned over 518,000 contracts in the Dutch options segment, a 128 percent increase from the December volume and 317 percent higher than in January last year. An average of some 25,000 contracts are being traded and cleared per day on the Eurex platform in the meantime.
NYSE Seat Sale

Date 10/02/2003

A regular seat on the New York Stock Exchange sold on Friday, February 7, 2003, for $1,750,000, down $250,000 from the previous regular seat sale of $2,000,000 on November 26, 2002.
NYBOT's Cocoa Futures Contract Breaks Volume Record

Date 10/02/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that its cocoa futures market set an all-time volume record of 33,332 contracts on February 6, 2003. The new record replaces the previous high of 31,485 contracts established on January 18, 2001.
NYBOT Announces U.S. Presidents' Day Holiday

Date 10/02/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today its trading schedule for its subsidiary Exchanges, the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE), the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE), Citrus Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange (Citrus), FINEX, and New York Futures Exchange (NYFE), for the U.S. Presidents' Day Holiday on Monday, February 17, 2003:
NASDAQ.com Brings NASDAQ PowerView To Investors

Date 10/02/2003

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ®), in partnership with Money.net Incorporated, today began offering NASDAQ PowerView to investors as a fee-based subscription service on NASDAQ.com.

London Stock Exchange Monthly Market Report For January 2003 - Total Number Of Trades Up 17 Percent - Continued SETS Growth In January

Date 10/02/2003

The total number of UK and international trades on the Exchange in January 2003 was 5.06 million, up 17 per cent from 4.33 million in January 2002. The total value of these trades was £325.9 billion, a 21 per cent decline over the corresponding period last year. The average daily number of UK and international trades increased to 230,167 trades compared with 196,766 in January 2002. There were 22 business days in both January 2002 and 2003.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report January 2003

Date 10/02/2003

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International Securities Exchange Introduces ISEspreads - Complex Orders Now Eligible For Automatic Executions

Date 10/02/2003

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) said that it has implemented ISEspreads, a new trading system functionality that automatically executes complex options orders.
Instinet Announces Executive Management Change

Date 10/02/2003

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INET) announced today that Mark Nienstedt has resigned from his position as President of the Corporation, effective immediately.
Hong Kong Futures Exchange: Capital Adjustments To Microsoft Futures And Options On Microsoft Futures

Date 10/02/2003

Hong Kong Futures Exchange, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), will make capital adjustments to its Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) Futures and its Options on Microsoft Futures on 18 February 2003 (Hong Kong Time) as a result of a two-for-one stock split. The ex-split date, which is the date when Microsoft common stock will be traded on Nasdaq at the new split-adjusted price, will be 18 February 2003 (New York Time). The details of the capital adjus