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CFTC Staff Allows Eurex Deutschland's Futures Contracts Based On The Dow Jones STOXX 600 Banking Sector Index And The Dow Jones EURO STOXX Banking Sector Index To Be Offered And Sold In The United States

Date 03/04/2002

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel (OGC) issued a no-action letter on April 2, 2002, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Eurex Deutschland's futures contracts based on the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Banking Sector Index and the Dow Jones EURO STOXX Banking Sector Index.
CBOT March Volume 24,445,805, Up 17.7% From March 2001

Date 03/04/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced trading volume of 24,445,805 contracts for March 2002, up 17.7% from March 2001 and up 2.1% from February 2002. Volume for the first quarter of 2002 totaled 71,238,618 contracts, up 13.9% from 2001.
CBOT Appoints Market Makers For Its Mini-sized Dow Futures

Date 03/04/2002

Demonstrating its ability to create unique trading opportunities, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that Bear Hunter Structured Products L.L.C. and Susquehanna International Group, LLP (SIG) have been appointed as electronic market markers (EMM) to enhance liquidity for CBOT® mini-sized DowSMfutures contracts. The market maker program for the CBOT® mini-sized DowSMfutures complex, which trades exclusively on the exchange's electronic trading platform, will begin on April 5, 2002
Toronto Stock Exchange To Launch POSIT(Tm) Canada On Friday, April 5th,

Date 02/04/2002

The Toronto Stock Exchange Inc. (TSE) announced today that it will launch POSIT Canada, a non-attributed, electronic order-matching system for equity securities, as a facility of the Toronto Stock Exchange on Friday, April 5th, 2002.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

Date 02/04/2002

Given the previously announced changes to S&P/TSE index methodology which become effective May 1, 2002, it has been decided that the zero relative weight change will not take place after Q1 2002. The zero relative weight change made after Q4 2001 was the final application of this rule. Pursuant to TSE 300 Composite Index Maintenance Rule #2, which states: "If a stock appears in the TSE 300 QMV report at calendar quarter end with a 0.00% relative weight it will be removed from the index at

RTS Trade Results In March

Date 02/04/2002

RTS (OTC) market trading volume for the period from March 1st till March 29th amounted to $ 484.4 mln, and grew by 74.6 % comparing to February figure - $ 277.4 mln. Average daily RTS market turnover for the abovementioned period grew by 65,7 % and reached $ 24.2 mln (in February it amounted to $ 14.6 mln).
New Records Of Indices At The Ljubljana Stock Exchange

Date 02/04/2002

The positive bullish trend of indices and securities values at the Ljubljana Stock Exchange continues. On Friday, March 29th 2002, the three indices of Ljubljana Stock Exchange, Inc. reached their historic high values after the lively trading day.
Nasdaq-100 Index® Eligible For An Exchange Traded Fund

Date 02/04/2002

Nasdaq Japan, Inc., today announced that Japan's Financial Services Agency has designated the Nasdaq-100 Index® as being an index eligible for linkage to an exchange traded fund (ETF). This has made it possible to list an Japanese ETF for the Nasdaq-100 Index, and there are plans to begin the trading of such an ETF on the Nasdaq Japan Market this summer.
Nasdaq Announces SuperMontage Pricing - New Trading Platform On Schedule For Third-Quarter Launch

Date 02/04/2002

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq®) today announced the pricing schedule for SuperMontageSM, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week. Once approved, the pricing will take effect with the phased launch of SuperMontage in late July.
March Volume: CME Achieves Fifth Consecutive Record Volume Quarter, Third Busiest Month And Best March On Record

Date 02/04/2002

With 120.5 million contracts traded in the first quarter of 2002, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has set its fifth consecutive quarterly record for trading volume. In addition, CME posted its best March on record - and its third busiest month ever - with nearly 41.5 million contracts traded, up 21 percent from March 2001. Underlying value of the contracts traded last month totaled nearly $30 trillion.