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Trading In Crude Oil, Refined Product, And Electricity Futures On NYMEX ClearPort<SUP>sm</SUP> Extended Through Contract Month

Date 01/08/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today extended the termination schedule for its crude oil, refined product, and electricity calendar swap futures contracts that trade on NYMEX ClearPortsm to allow for trading through the last business day of the contract month, starting with the August 2003 contract.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Position limits

Date 01/08/2003

Neither a trading participant (for its own account) nor a customer may hold an aggregate position in contract units on an Equity Option in excess of such number of contracts units having shares of underlying stock equal to following amounts of combining short positions in put options with long positions in call options of the same underlying stock or combining long positions in put options with short positions in call options of the same underlying stock. 1% or more of the number of al
Taiwan Futures Exchange July 2003 Trading Statistics

Date 01/08/2003

23 trading days Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 170,258 contracts
Singapore Exchange: Taiwan Futures Trade Record Volume In July

Date 01/08/2003

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced that its MSCI Taiwan Index Futures contract traded a record monthly volume of 519,546 contracts in July 2003, surpassing its previous record of 463,156 contracts traded in May this year. Month-on-month, the volume traded in July this year increased 19.7% as compared to 434,204 contracts traded in July 2002.
NZX Releases Half Year Results

Date 01/08/2003

NZX has announced its half year financial results to 30 June 2003.

NYSE Statement Regarding Council Of Institutional Investors' Report

Date 01/08/2003

In February, 2002, the New York Stock Exchange formed its Corporate Accountability and Listing Standards (CALS) Committee, with the goal of reviewing the Exchange's listings standards with a view toward enhancing the accountability, integrity and transparency of the Exchange's listed companies. To inform this review, the CALS Committee solicited testimony and written comments from a broad range of constituents. The Council of Institutional Investors was among the constituents invited to particip
Monthly Statistics Stockholmsbörsen July 2003

Date 01/08/2003

·The turnover in number of traded stock options contracts for a single trading day reached an all time high in July (July 18) with 924 357 contracts.
July Volume: CME Posts Strong July Volume In Equity Index And Foreign Exchange Products

Date 01/08/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) reported strong trading activity for July led by equity index and foreign exchange products. Total exchange volume of 59.6 million contracts in July produced average daily volume for the exchange of 2.7 million. Excluding its non-traditional TRAKRSSM futures contracts, volume averaged 2.5 million contracts per day.
July 2003 - Euronext Key Indicators - Transactions In Cash Products Up 10% Year-To-Date - Euronext.Liffe Interest Rate Products Up 56% Year-To-Date

Date 01/08/2003

Cash products Euronext's cash markets registered more than 86 million transactions between January and July 2003, an increase of close to 10% compared to the same period in 2002. The average number of transactions traded daily in July on Euronext's central order book was 523,000, with a total number of 12 million during the month. The number of transactions in July 2003 is somewhat down on July 2002 when significant financial events drove the markets to particularly high levels of a
ISE Solidifies Position As Largest US Equity Options Exchange; Third Consecutive Month As Number One In Customer Order-Flow Execution

Date 01/08/2003

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