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Nymex: Intra-Commodity Spread Margins Announced For CIG Rockies And Waha Natural Gas Basis Swap Futures Contracts

Date 01/04/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced intra-commodity spread margin rates for the CIG Rockies and Waha natural gas basis swap futures contracts, of $25 for clearing members, $28 for members, and $34 for customers, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
Nymex Establishes Margin Rates For PJM Monthly Eletricity Futures Contract

Date 01/04/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced the anticipated margins for the financially settled Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland (PJM) monthly electricity futures contract that it will launch on April 11.
NYBOT’s Coffee “C” Contract Sets New Open Interest Record

Date 01/04/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that on March 28, 2003, its Coffee “C” futures market set a new open interest record of 79,607 contracts. The new record replaces the previous high of 78,853 futures contracts established on March 25, 2003.
Monthly Statistics Stockholmsbörsen March 2003

Date 01/04/2003

Share trading The average share trading turnover per business day amounted to SEK 7 875 million during March (during the past 12-month period: 9 428). In February 2003 the average share trading turnover per business day amounted to SEK 8 779 million. The average number of closed transactions per business day has been 33 534 during March (during the past 12-month period: 39 079). The turnover rate during March was 114% (during the past 12-month period:120%).
March Volume: CME Posts Highest Average Daily Volume In History at 2.8 Million Contracts During March

Date 01/04/2003

Trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) averaged 2.8 million contracts per day during March, the highest daily average in CME history. Total March volume of 58.6 million contracts was 41 percent higher than year-ago levels. Trading volume on CME's GLOBEXÒ electronic trading platform rose 131 percent over March 2002 levels to 24.3 million contracts and averaged 1.2 million contracts daily.

March 2003 - Euronext Key Indicators - Cash Products Up 24% Year-On-Year, 12% Year-To-Date -Derivatives Interest Rate Products Up 108% Year-On-Year - Record Month For Euribor Contracts

Date 01/04/2003

Cash products 13 million transactions were traded on Euronext cash markets during March, an increase of 24% year-on-year. March trading brings the total number of transactions in the year-to-date to over 36 million, an increase of over 12% on the first three months of 2002. In March, the average daily number of transactions reached around 642,000, compared to 575,000 in the year-to-date.
Kansas City Board Of Trade March Volume And Open Interest - Open Interest Grows In March

Date 01/04/2003

The Kansas City Board of Trade open interest in the wheat futures and wheat options contracts have swelled in the past month when compared to open interest at the end of February. Wheat options open interest posted a 32 percent gain, while wheat futures open interest increase by 5.7 percent.
Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - March 2003

Date 01/04/2003

Equity turnover for March was EUR 5,315.49 million while that for bonds was EUR 7,703.85 million.
HKEx Letter To FS Expresses Concerns About Expert Group Recommendations

Date 01/04/2003

The Board of Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has sent a letter to the Financial Secretary expressing concern that implementation of the Expert Group's recommendations without more thorough consideration would risk doing serious damage to the competitiveness of the Hong Kong equity market. A copy of the letter (without enclosures) is being distributed with this news release. The contents of the letter will also be posted on the HKEx website, www.hkex.com.hk.
Eurex: Most Successful Month In Eurex History With Over 106 Million Contracts Traded - First Quarter Finishes At Record Level Of 265 Million Contracts - Record Volumes In Fixed-Income And Index Segments - Eurex Bonds Doubles Turnover To 16.75 Billion Eur

Date 01/04/2003

March was the most successful month at Eurex to date: The international derivatives market set a new record in monthly volume with over 106 million contracts traded, beating the previous record set in October 2002 (86.6 million contracts) by some 20 million contracts. Compared with March 2002 (62.7 million contracts), Eurex volume increased 69 percent. During the first quarter of 2003, the world's leading derivatives market turned over more than 265 million contracts. In March, Eurex also posted