The GSCI is a world production-weighted commodity index which next year will be composed of 24 liquid exchange-traded futures contracts. The GSCI includes energy, industrial metals, precious metals, agricultural and livestock products. The 2005 GSCI will include all of the futures contracts in the 2004 GSCI. No new commodities will enter the index and no existing commodities will be removed from the Index.
The GSCI has become the premier global commodity benchmark for measuring investment performance in the commodity markets. Designed as a reliable and publicly available benchmark, the GSCI tracks real economic activity as well as measuring the level of world commodity prices. CME introduced futures and options on the GSCI in July 1992. Additional information about the GSCI and the production weights of each commodity is available on the CME Web site or on the Goldman Sachs Web site.
As an international marketplace, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (www.cme.com) brings together buyers and sellers on its trading floors and GLOBEX® electronic trading platform. CME offers futures and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moved approximately $1.5 billion per day in settlement payments in the first nine months of 2004 and managed $39.8 billion in collateral deposits as of September 30, 2004. CME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME), which is part of the Russell 1000® Index.
Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.
Further information about Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its products is available on the CME Web site atwww.cme.com. Further information about Goldman Sachs is available on the Goldman Sachs Web site atwww.gs.com.
