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Eurex Posts A Record In Turnover On July 24, 2002

Date 25/07/2002

More than 6 Million contracts were traded on a single day for the first time Total turnover Eurex: Record turnover on July 24, 2002 6,106,621 contracts Former record turnover: November 15, 2001 5,669,467 contracts
CME Posts Its Second Busiest Day In History With Nearly 4.2 Million Contracts

Date 25/07/2002

Volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) posted its second busiest day in its 104-year history yesterday, July 24, as 4,175,449 contracts changed hands. CME's busiest day stands at 4,256,378 contracts trading on June 26. Yesterday's volume marked the second time CME trading volumes exceeded 4 million contracts in a single day.
CFTC Staff Allows ASX Futures Exchange Pty Limited's Futures Contracts Based On The S&P/ASX 200 Index And The S&P/ASX 50 Index To Be Offered And Sold In The United States

Date 25/07/2002

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Office of General Counsel issued a no-action letter on July 24, 2002, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of futures contracts based on the S&P/ASX 200 Index and the S&P/ASX 50 Index, traded on the Australian-based ASX Futures Exchange Pty Limited (ASXF).
CBOT's Electronic Trading Platform Surpasses 1 Million Contracts

Date 25/07/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that volume on its electronic trading platform set a new daily volume record on July 24, trading more than one million contracts during a single trading day for the first time since the platform's launch less than two years ago. The CBOT® traded a total of 2,480,402 contracts yesterday, the third largest single day volume in its history.
CBOT Continues Strong Financial Performance With Growth In Revenues And Net Income For First Six Months Of 2002

Date 25/07/2002

Continuing its strong financial performance, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOTÒ) reported net income of $21.3 million on revenues of $147.9 million for the first six months of 2002. This compares to net income of $6.6 million on revenues of $120.2 million for the first six months of 2001. Total revenues net of contracted license fees were $144.2 million for the first six months of 2002.

American Stock Exchange Board Approves Enhanced Corporate Governance Framework

Date 25/07/2002

The American Stock Exchange Board of Governors today approved an array of new corporate governance measures, forming a framework for the development of new rules that will increase disclosure requirements, strengthen board oversight and audit committee responsibility, and provide for increased shareholder rights. As part of the framework, the Board approved a measure to prohibit any American Stock Exchange (Amex) employee or floor member from serving on the Board of an Amex-listed company.
The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions

Date 24/07/2002

As of mid-July, short interest in 3,115 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 4,256,980,509 shares compared with 4,216,071,427 shares in 3,209 National Market issues for the month of June.
The Kosdaq Stock Market, Inc. Launches New Size Indexes On July 29, 2002, Which Include The Kosdaq 100, Kosdaq Mid 300, And Kosdaq Small

Date 24/07/2002

The new size indexes are aimed at providing separate benchmarks to measure the performance of the Kosdaq Stock Market, segmented by market capitalization. The new index series are summarized as follows: Kosdaq 100: Measures the performance of large-size company segment of the Kosdaq stock market, comprised of top 100 stocks ranked by market capitalization, including Kosdaq 50 constituents. Kosdaq Mid 300: Measures the performance of mid-size company segment of the
Sydney Futures Exchange To Launch New Electricity Futures

Date 24/07/2002

SFE Corporation Limited and d-cypha Limited (a subsidiary of Transpower Limited - owner and operator of the New Zealand national electricity grid) have announced that new 'Australian Electricity Futures' products are to be listed at the Sydney Futures Exchange on Tuesday, 3 September 2002.
Statement From SEC Chairman Harvey L. Pitt Re: Agreement On Comprehensive Reform Legislation

Date 24/07/2002

"On behalf of the Commission, I congratulate the congressional conference committee for reaching agreement on comprehensive reform legislation. It is deeply gratifying to see members of both parties, under the leadership of Chairman Sarbanes and Chairman Oxley, working together to reach consensus to enact reforms designed to restore integrity to the nation's financial markets and to serve the interests of U.S. investors."