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Nymex Extends Months Of Refined Product Spread Futures On NYMEX ClearPort<SUP>sm</sup>

Date 08/08/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday extended to 36 from six the number of listed months for various refined petroleum product spread calendar swap futures contracts that trade on the NYMEX ClearPortsm trading platform.
NYBOT To Complete Transition To New NYSE Composite Index Futures Contract With Expiry Of September 2003 Contracts

Date 08/08/2003

On March 7, 2003, the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) index markets launched trading in futures contracts based on the newly revised NYSE Composite Index, under a two-stage strategy that included a later phasing out of futures and options contracts on the old NYSE Composite Index. The new products follow the creation of the revised NYSE Index by the New York Stock Exchange in January 2003.
NYBOT Launches New Online Reporting Service - New Website Section Offers Free Weekly Research, Analysis And Educational Materials

Date 08/08/2003

Users of the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) markets and the general public now have a new place to go to for timely, relevant and interesting commodity research and market analysis reports, as well as basic and advanced educational materials. The multiple reports are produced by a variety of industry professionals and market analysts who offer a broad range of market views covering many of the NYBOT contract markets. All the reports can be accessed for free by going to nybot.com and clickin
New York Mercantile Exchange: PJM Monthly Electricity Futures Set Daily Volume Record

Date 08/08/2003

PJM monthly electricity futures set a daily volume record on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday when a combination of 1,945 contracts were cleared or traded and cleared, surpassing the volume of 1,739 contracts on June 18.
New And Improved Classification Of Bonds Listed On The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 08/08/2003

In recent years, the Danish bond market has seen a long line of new products. More than 2,250 bonds are listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. As from next week, the investors will get a more differentiated picture of the bond market and it will be easier to compare the bonds as they will be presented in a new way at the Exchange's website www.cse.dk, in the Official List and in several national newspapers.

NASD Proposes Disclosure Of Mutual Fund Compensation Arrangements

Date 08/08/2003

NASD has proposed for comment a rule that would expand the disclosure of two types of compensation paid for the sale of mutual fund shares. Disclosure of these practices would alert investors to the fact that a brokerage firm or its registered representatives may have financial incentives to recommend particular funds.
London Stock Exchange Monthly Market Report For July 2003 - Seasonally Light Trading In July

Date 08/08/2003

The number of trades on SETS, the London Stock Exchange's electronic order book, increased to 2.7 million in July 2003, marginally higher than the 2.63 million trades in July 2002. The value traded on SETS during the month was £63.2 billion, down from £73.7 billion in July 2002. The average daily number of trades on SETS was 118,783, up from 114,553 in July 2002.
Iceland Stock Exchange - 2Q results

Date 08/08/2003

The Board of the Iceland Stock Exchange (ICEX) has approved its interim financial statement for the six months ending 30 June 2003. The following table shows the principal items in the company's income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement for the first half of 2003 and the same period the previous year. It also includes key financial ratios.
CME Special Opening Procedure For Euro Currency TRAKRS

Date 08/08/2003

On Thursday August 28, 2003, CME will launch trading in Euro Currency TRAKRS futures contracts with a Special Opening Procedure. Regular GLOBEX trading of these new products will commence Friday August 29, 2003.
CBOT Fed Watch: August 2003

Date 08/08/2003

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on August 12, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.