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Scott Robinson Appointed Managing Director Of Corporate Development For Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Date 02/02/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. today announced that Scott Robinson, a Partner with McKinsey & Company, will join the CME management team as Managing Director, Corporate Development. Robinson, who will join CME on March 1, will oversee the company's strategic planning, business development and mergers and acquisitions areas. Robinson will report to Craig Donohue, CME's Chief Executive Officer.
S&P 500 Dividends Continue To Climb After a Strong January - S&P Raises S&P 500 Indicated Dividend Rate And 2004 Actual Dividend Payment Estimate

Date 02/02/2004

Standard & Poor's, the independent financial research, ratings and indices leader, today raised estimates related to S&P 500 dividend rates and payments. The indicated rate was raised from $17.70 to $18.53 and the 2004 estimated payment was raised from $18.85 to $19.25. This compares with an actual dividend payment of $17.39 per share in 2003 and $16.08 per share in 2002 for the S&P 500.
RJ O'Brien Announces Record Volume, Increased Market Share

Date 02/02/2004

RJ O'Brien (RJO), one of the oldest and largest independent Futures Commission Merchants, posted record customer transactional volume of more than 27.4 million futures and options contracts in 2003, up 14 percent over 24 million contracts traded in 2002.
Remarks Of Mark Sobel, Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Monetary And Financial Policy, At The Second Annual European Financial Services Conference, Brussels, Belgium, January 27, 2004 - The US-EU Financial Market Dialogue: The Transatlantic Dimen

Date 02/02/2004

It is an honor to address the "Second Annual European Financial Services Conference." I thank the conference organizers for putting this event together and for recognizing that Europe's momentum on financial markets is extremely important to the United States.
R. J. O'Brien Enhances All Three Of Its Electronic Trading Systems

Date 02/02/2004

R. J. O'Brien and Associates, Inc. (RJO), a leading provider of futures brokerages services, today announced significant enhancements to its Client Access Terminal (CAT), Market Center Direct (MCD) and RJO browser based order entry systems. CAT is actively used by more than 300 large trading firms nationwide; MCD is actively used by more than 1,800 individual futures traders nationwide and the browser is actively used by 14,000 clients nationwide. The upgrades to all three systems provide user

OneChicago Week In Review

Date 02/02/2004

Liquidity and Volume Highlights January 26 Schlumberger Ltd (SLB1C): 791 contracts traded. January 27 Bank of America (BAC1C): 4,483 contracts traded. January 28 Altria Group Inc. (MO1C): 3,881 contracts traded, 3,395 MAR04 in a block trade. January 29 Novellus Systems Inc. (NVLS1C): 2,507 contacts traded.
OneChicago January 2004 Volume 67% Increase Over January 2003

Date 02/02/2004

OneChicago, LLC today announced that 186,527 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in January, a 67% increase over January 2003. Open interest stood at 211,068 contracts January 30. Average daily volume was 9,326 contracts in January. Each single stock future contract is equivalent to 100 shares of the underlying stock or exchange-traded fund.
OMHEX Enters Lithuanian Stock Exchange And CSD Privatization Process

Date 02/02/2004

OMHEX formally announced today its interest in participating in the privatization process of the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania (NSEL) and the Central Securities Depository of Lithuania (CSDL). As a logical next step to further its strategy of integrating the Nordic and Baltic securities market, OMHEX intends to submit an offer for the shares of NSEL and CSDL that are for sale in the privatization process.
Nymex To Decrease Margins On PJM Monthly Financially Settled Electricity Futures

Date 02/02/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will decrease the margins on its financially settled PJM monthly electricity futures contract at the close of business tomorrow.
Nymex Gold Futures Set Monthly Volume Record

Date 02/02/2004

Gold futures set a monthly volume record of 1,581,320 contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., in January, exceeding the record of 1,397,296 contracts traded during November 2003.