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CME Announces Change In Data Source For Its Lean Hog Index®

Date 17/05/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) announced that it will use the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Daily Direct Hog Prior Day Report for Slaughtered Swine as its data source for the CME Lean Hog Index effective with the April 2003 contract. This replaces usage of the USDA National Daily Base Lean Hog Carcass Slaughter Cost Report.
CFTC, SEC And Japanese Financial Services Agency Sign Information Sharing Arrangement

Date 17/05/2002

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) jointly announced the signing of a Statement of Intent (SOI) Concerning Cooperation, Consultation and the Exchange of Information.
The Toronto Stock Exchange And the TSX Venture Exchange Closings For Victoria Day Holiday

Date 16/05/2002

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-VEN) will be closed on Monday, May 20, 2002 for the Victoria Day holiday.
Program Trading Averaged 30.6 Percent Of NYSE Volume During May 6-May 10, 2002

Date 16/05/2002

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 May 6-May 10, 2002.
OM & Sanford Sign Heads Of Agreement

Date 16/05/2002

OM, a world leading provider of transaction technology to the financial services and energy industries together with Sanford Limited, Australian online financial services group (ASX:SFD) today announced they have signed Heads of Agreement with a view to setting up a back office and third party clearing ("TPC") service for the Australian broker industry. The TPC offering will cover all major instrument classes including equities, fixed interest, futures and other derivatives and is to be based on

NYSE Releases OpenBook Analytic Database: Valuable Research Tool Brings Customers Historical Data For The First Time

Date 16/05/2002

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today launches NYSE OpenBook Database, which will provide historical data with respect to NYSE limit orders. NYSE OpenBook Database is a valuable research and reference tool for professionals who require the depth of data that NYSE OpenBookSM delivers without the need for real-time updates.
NYSE Announces First-Quarter 2002 Financial Results

Date 16/05/2002

The New York Stock Exchange reported revenues of $210.7 million in the first quarter of 2002, compared with $212.9 million in the first quarter of 2001. Net income was $15.1 million, compared with $21.8 million in the year-ago quarter.
Nymex To Change Strike Price Increments In First Six Nearby Trading Months Of Silver Options

Date 16/05/2002

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will change the strike price increments for the first six listed months of its silver options contract beginning Monday, May 20, 2002.
New Record Set For MNX Open Interest At CBOE

Date 16/05/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced record open interest of 1,037,884 contracts (567,928 calls and 469,956 puts) in CBOE Mini-Nasdaq-100 Index options (MNX), reached by the close of trading Wednesday, May 15. The record exceeds the previous day's record open interest of 1,011,526 contracts. The MNX was launched on August 14, 2000, at CBOE, and is now consistently one of the top five index products, in terms of volume, traded at CBOE.
CME's GLOBEX® Electronic Trading Volume Posts New Record As E-Mini<sup>™</sup> Nasdaq-100 Breaks 300,000 Mark

Date 16/05/2002

Trading volume on GLOBEX®, the electronic trading platform of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), set a new single-day volume record yesterday, May 15, with 827,894 contracts traded. This record surpasses the previous one set on May 8 at 808,057 contracts.