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ISE Reports Monthly Volume For July 2005

Date 01/08/2005

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE: ISE) today reported equity options trading volume for July 2005. Average daily trading volume in equity options contracts increased 22.3% to 1.7 million contracts traded as compared to 1.4 million contracts traded in the same period in the prior year. Total equity options volume for the month increased 16.5% to 34.2 million contracts traded as compared to 29.3 million contracts traded in the same year-ago period.
HKEx Status Report On New Product And Market Development Initiatives (Status as of 15 July 2005 )

Date 01/08/2005

The following initiatives are subject to market support and regulatory approval so they may not be implemented. HKEx will announce further details of these initiatives as they progress.
Deutsche Boerse: Equities Turnover In July 48 Percent Up Year-On-Year - €331 Billion In Turnover On German Stock Exchanges In July - 7.1 Million Transactions On Xetra

Date 01/08/2005

The German stock exchanges generated an equities turnover based on the order book statistics of €111.7 billion in July – an increase of 48 percent year-on-year (July 2004: €75.7 billion). German equities accounted for €104.7 billion of this total, with foreign equities comprising €7 billion. The order book statistics show all transactions in the order book of Xetra and broker-supported trading on the floor in single counting.
CME To Support Rapid Volume Growth With New Market Data Platform For Customers And Quote Vendors

Date 01/08/2005

To support its rapid growth in trading volume, CME, the largest futures exchange in the U.S., todayannounced the launch of its new market data distribution system, CME Market Data Platform (MDP), which will consolidate the exchange’s existing CME Market Data Network (MDN) and CME Market Data API (MD Application Program Interface) into a single market data dissemination platform. The new platform and interface were launched the evening of Sunday, July 31 in order to coincide with the opening of t
CESR Publishes A Statement On The Follow Up Work Which Will Be Undertaken By The CESR/ESCB Joint Working Group On Clearing And Settlement

Date 01/08/2005

This Public Statement is open for comments until 23 September. Please submit your comments by email, to the Secretariat.

CBOT Fed Funds July Settlement

Date 01/08/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) 30-Day Fed Funds futures contract for July 2005 will be cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 96.737, implying an average daily effective federal funds rate of 3.263 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.
CBOT Average Daily Volume Climbs 12.9 Percent From Last Year - July Total Exchange Volume Increases 7.5 Percent From Last Year

Date 01/08/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that Exchange-wide average daily volume (ADV) continued to climb in July. Average daily volume rose to 2,328,956 contracts in July, up 12.9 percent from the same period last year and 20.4 percent year-to-date (YTD). Total volume in July reached 46,579,116 contracts, up 7.5 percent from the same period in 2004 and 19.6 percent YTD.
CBOT 10-Year Municipal Note Index

Date 01/08/2005

Recently Calibrated Contract This spreadsheet contains daily prices and yields, as well as descriptive information, of the underlying cash market index and constituent component bonds for the CBOT December 2005 10-Year Municipal Note Index futures contract that will be listed for trading beginning Tuesday, August 2, 2005. This spreadsheet will be updated and available for downloading on a daily basis at the following times: 1) At approximatel
CBOE July Volume Rises 28% - New Monthly Trading Records Set In Nasdaq And Russell Products

Date 01/08/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that July trading volume at CBOE was 35,987,001 contracts, 28% higher than the 28,231,303 contracts traded in July 2004. Year-to-date, CBOE's 2005 total volume of 252.5 million contracts is 21% ahead of 2004's YTD volume of 208.9 million contracts. Additionally, two new all-time monthly volume records were set at CBOE during July. In options on the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX), 594,563 contracts traded, surpassing the previous record of 559,12
Bursa Malaysia Announces 372% Increase In Profit, Declares Maiden Interim Dividend And Proposes Measure To Optimise Capital Management

Date 01/08/2005

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) today announced that it posted a net profit of RM44.4 million for the financial period ended 30 June 2005, a 372% increase compared to the net profit of RM9.4 million in the corresponding period last year. Bursa Malaysia also announced that the Board has declared an interim dividend payout of 81.6% of the Group’s net profit, 6.6% higher than its dividend payout policy. In addition, Bursa also announced a proposal to undertake a capital repayment exercise of