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International Securities Exchange Expands Position As Largest Us Equity Options Exchange - Exchange Experiences Customer Volume Gains In May

Date 03/06/2003

For the fourth consecutive month, the International Securities Exchange (ISE) was the largest US equity options exchange.
Futures & Options On The RTS Stock Exchange: May Monthly Data

Date 03/06/2003

In May 2003, trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) reached the record 3 662 thousand contracts or 21 542 million rubles in underlying value. In April these figures equalled 3 056 thousand contracts and 14 643 million rubles in underlying value. Total open interest as of May 30th, 2003, stood at 493 thousand contracts or 3 060 million rubles in underlying value, up 35% on 2 264 million rubles and 6.5% on 463 thousand contracts at the end of April.
EuroMTS To Launch Dollar Trading

Date 03/06/2003

EuroMTS today announced the introduction of a new segment for the trading of U.S. dollar denominated agency, supranational and European sovereign bonds. The dollar segment, to be launched in June, paves the way for the creation of a new market dedicated to global issuers.
Deutsche Börse: New Equity Market Segmentation Completed - 382 Companies In Prime Standard, 411 Companies In General Standard - Private-Law Segments Neuer Markt And SMAX Will Close On June 5

Date 03/06/2003

With the migration of all former companies from the Neuer Markt and SMAX segments into the newly introduced exchange segments Prime Standard and General Standard, the new segmentation of the equity market at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse), has been successfully completed. Deutsche Börse made the announcement on Tuesday. The last company listed in Neuer Markt will switch into Prime Standard on June 5 and the private-law segments Neuer Markt and SMAX will be closed
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Boost In Share And Bond Trading In May

Date 03/06/2003

The share trading volume in May amounted to DKK 35.1 billion, which is the highest turnover over the past 12 months. The value of average daily trading came to just under DKK 1.8 billion, 34 per cent more than the month before. The number of trades rose by 11 per cent on April 2003, and a total of 7,200 trades were thus effected per day.

Chicago Stock Exchange May Volume Results

Date 03/06/2003

New Page 2 Monthly Listed Volume May 2003
CBOT<SUP><SMALL>®</SUP></SMALL> May Volume Soars 50.4% To 43,797,299 Contracts, The Highest In Exchange's 155-Year History - Total Reflects 4 Record Days In May

Date 03/06/2003

Soaring 50.4% in May to 43,797,299 contracts from 29,119,791 a year earlier, Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) volume set an all-time high for any month in the exchange's 155-year history. The record monthly total reflects four daily records set during the month, including the exchange's first-ever daily trade of more than 3 million contracts--a total of 3,286,987 on May 28.
ADP/SIS Extends Its Functionality By Adding Security Futures Processing

Date 03/06/2003

ADP Securities Industry Software (ADP/SIS), a division of Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s (NYSE: ADP) Brokerage Services Group, announced today that it now supports security futures on its real-time securities transaction processing platform.
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. Announces Intent To Launch New Indices - TOPIX 1000 And Mothers Index

Date 02/06/2003

The Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announced today its intent to launch new indices, TOPIX 1000 and Mothers Index,, as well as some measures to make its existing indices more attractive. These actions reflect opinions from TOPIX users and TSE expects the indices to provide new measure in the Japanese stock market as well as to contribute to the development of financial products.
The 10x Group Announces Index Enhancements - Encourages Fellow Publishers To Follow The Lead

Date 02/06/2003

The 10x Group (10x), a leading provider of transaction-based market data for the North American OTC gas and power markets, is bringing further transparency to its indices.