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DJIA Volume Soars, Sets Daily Record 2nd Straight Day

Date 20/09/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that CBOT® members set a new Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures contract daily volume record yesterday, trading 68,869 contracts. The former DJIA futures high was 50,858 contracts, set September 18, 2001.
CME's GLOBEX®2, Record Volume Surpasses 600,000 Mark As Equity Index Products Set Third Consecutive Day Of Volume, Open Interest Records

Date 20/09/2001

Trading volume on GLOBEX®2, the electronic trading system of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), set a new record with 622,354 contracts traded yesterday - the first time single-day volume surpassed the 600,000 level. This record surpasses the previous record set on Sept. 5 of 517,910 contracts. Also on Sept. 19, CME posted its third consecutive day of record volume and open interest in equity index products.
Call For Help For Families Of Terrorist Attack Victims

Date 20/09/2001

Carr Futures, a member firm of the Chicago Board of Trade, is asking all the major exchanges of which it is a member for donations to its Carr Futures World Trade Center Memorial Fund, to help the families of Carr employees who were victims of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Carr's New York office was located on the 92nd floor of the World Trade Center, and approximately one-half of its New York staff is missing. Carr says it is working to assist the families of the missing and is wo
Trading Hours At Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Return to Regular Schedule For All Products Beginning Thursday, Sept. 20

Date 19/09/2001

All products return to their regular trading hours at Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 20.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Opening Of A Special Member Firms Meeting Concerning Demutualization

Date 19/09/2001

At today's board of directors meeting, it was decided that a special meeting of the member firms will be held on September 26th to discuss the demutualization of the Tokyo Stock Exchange for November 1st, in keeping with the basic policy agreed upon at the member firms meeting on May 24th.

Standard & Poor's - Index Change - TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian Midcap, S&P/TSE Canadian Smallcap And TSE 200 Indices

Date 19/09/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on September 19, 2001, the following changes will take place in the TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap and TSE 200 Indices.
SGX Taiwan Futures And Options Resume Trading From 19 Sep

Date 19/09/2001

SGX resumes trading of its Taiwan Index futures and options on Wed 19 Sep, in line with the re-opening of the Taiwan market.
Robert K. Herdman Is New SEC Chief Accountant

Date 19/09/2001

The SEC proudly announces that, on October 8, 2001, Robert K. Herdman will become our Chief Accountant. The Chief Accountant oversees and directs all our accountants and accounting-related efforts, and interfaces with national and international accounting communities. In addition, Mr. Herdman will lead us in revising and modernizing our accounting and financial disclosure system. He will also be a principal advisor in developing the U.S.'s policy on international accounting standards.
Portuguese Exchange To Adopt FTSE Global Classification System

Date 19/09/2001

BVLP - Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa e Porto and FTSE, the global index group, have signed an agreement enabling BVLP to use the FTSE Global Classification System as the basis on which it will classify its listed stocks. The decision to adopt the FTSE classification system is intended to bring Portuguese listed stocks in line with other internationally traded stocks, and to prepare for the introduction of new indices based on the FTSE system.
Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning September 21, 2001

Date 19/09/2001

Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:PHLY) of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index® effective at the beginning of trading Friday, September 21, 2001. Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. will replace Irwin Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:IRWN), which is de-listing from The Nasdaq Stock MarketSM.