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CME Stock Index Products Set Seventh Consecutive Open Interest Records

Date 21/06/2002

Open interest in stock index products traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) rose to record levels for the seventh consecutive session on June 19, with 1,703,733 positions.
CFTC Issues Report On Its Intermediaries Study

Date 21/06/2002

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has delivered to Congress a report on its study of potential regulatory relief for the futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool operators (CPOs), and commodity trading advisors (CTAs) that serve as intermediaries in the commodity futures and options markets. The study was mandated by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
CBOT: June Dow Contracts Settle

Date 21/06/2002

The final settlement price ("SOQ") for all Dow June 2002 futures is 9320.31.
CBOT Fed Watch

Date 21/06/2002

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 26, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT®30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Deliverable Bonds And Conversion Factors Of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year)

Date 20/06/2002

The deliverable bonds and conversion factors of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year) can be accessed by clicking here and here.

The American Stock Exchange Reports Decrease In Short Interest

Date 20/06/2002

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 406,813,187 shares as of the June 14 settlement date, an decrease of 77,469,250 from the 484,282,437 (adjusted) reported in mid-May. The June figure represents trades through June 11, 2002.
Stockholmsbörsen: Modest Interest In Evening Trading

Date 20/06/2002

Stockholmsbörsen will not introduce evening business hours during 2002. Stockholmsbörsen has concluded that the demand is insufficient to enable smoothly functioning evening trading. Healthy trading liquidity is a prerequisite for operating a smoothly functioning and efficient marketplace. The assessment made by Stockholmsbörsen is that evening business hours would not give rise to the requisite liquidity in the current market climate.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Composite Index

Date 20/06/2002

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Friday, June 21, 2002 the relative weights of the companies in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices will be adjusted. The relative weight change reflects the quarterly update to the float shares of various companies. Changes to the indices are in accordance with S&P/TSX Composite Index Maintenance Policies. The relative weights of the following companies will change by 0.05% or more in the S&P/TSX Compo
Securities And Exchange Commission Formally Proposes Framework Of A Public Accountability Board

Date 20/06/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously today to propose rules to reform oversight and improve accountability of auditors of public companies, thereby enhancing the reliability and integrity of the financial reporting process.
Program Trading Averaged 30.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During June 10-14, 2002

Date 20/06/2002

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 June 10-14, 2002.