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BrokerTec Futures Exchange - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Date 08/01/2003

BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX) will close for trading of all futures contracts on Friday, January 17, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. (New York time). BTEX will remain closed on Monday, January 20, 2003, and will reopen for trading at 2:00 a.m. (New York time) on Tuesday, January 21, 2003.
BrokerTec Futures Exchange - Five-Year U.S. Treasury Note Contract Specification - Minimum Tick Size Change

Date 08/01/2003

The Board of Directors at its December meeting approved a decrease in the minimum tick size on the five-year Treasury note contract from ½ of 1/32nd of a point (or $15.625 rounded up to the nearest 1 cent per contract) to ¼ of 1/32nd of a point (or $7.813 rounded to the nearest 1 cent per contract). The amended Rule 302 (c) reads as follows:
Borsa Italiana Spa Celebrates Five Years

Date 08/01/2003

Five years ago, on 2 January 1998, Borsa Italiana Spa, the company responsible for the organisation and management of the financial markets and created as a result of privatisation of the Stock Exchange Board by the Ministry of Finance, started operating as a manager of the regulated equity, bond and derivative markets.
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - December 2002

Date 08/01/2003

Turnover for December was EUR 47,803.4 million. This compares to EUR 61,830.4 million in November. Domestic turnover in December was EUR 40,386.1 million, foreign 6,258.8 million, Nuovo Mercato, Domestic, EUR 1,134.1 million, Nuovo Mercato, Foreign, EUR 3.7 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 20.7 million. Turnover for the year 2002 was EUR 633,659.4
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Western Barley Values Above Year Ago Levels Despite Recent Declines

Date 07/01/2003

WCE nearby western barley futures closed the month at $179.20/tonne, the lowest nearby settlement price observed since the start of the 2002/03 crop year and down from the high of $204.40/tonne observed at the end of October. Despite the recent down-trend, barley prices remain well above the levels experienced in either of the previous two crop years.

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Canola And Western Barley Futures Volume Higher Compared To Year Ago Totals

Date 07/01/2003

Activity in WCE canola futures pit trade was higher for the month of December, up 6.6% to 157,576 contracts, compared to the 147,777 contracts traded in December 2001. However, both crop and calendar year-to-date volumes continue to lag year ago levels, down 9.9% and 24.0% respectively. Open interest in canola futures as of December 31, 2002 was 51,307 contracts, 13.6% below the 59,391 contracts open on December 31, 2001.
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. Will Launch Reit Index And Disclose Trading Activities By Type Of Investors On The J-REIT Market.

Date 07/01/2003

In a press release issued on January 7, 2003, Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) annnounced that TSE will calculate and publish a new index for Japanese Real Estate Investment Trust, so-called J-REIT, on closing basis 1 and disclose trading activities (trading volume and value) by type of investors on the J-REIT market, around this spring.
SWX Swiss Exchange: Key Figures Year 2002

Date 07/01/2003

Trading days: 253 SWX Products Turnover in CHF m % change versus previous month % change versus previous year Trades Equities* incl. Funds
SWX Swiss Exchange: Key Figures December 2002

Date 07/01/2003

Trading days: 18 SWX Products Turnover in CHF m % change versus previous month % change versus previous year Trades

Stockholmsbörsen - Report 2002

Date 07/01/2003

Summary Total share turnover amounted to SEK 2 702 (3 994) billion. The turnover rate was 122 (134) per cent. The total derivative-trading turnover amounted to 60 920 817 (62 735 817) contracts. The All Share Index, SAX, closed at 149.6 (239.1), representing a fall of - 37 per cent since December 31st, 2001. The number of listed companies amounted to 297 at the end of December (31.12.2001: 305). The number of members amounted to 84 at the end of June