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  • CME Reports Record Volume In Interest Rate Contracts

    Date 04/08/2003

    Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) had its busiest trading day ever in its interest rate futures and options contracts on Friday, Aug. 1, as total volume surpassed the 3 million contract level for the first time. Combined interest rate contract volume records were set in both floor trading and on CME's GLOBEX® electronic trading platform, with respective volume of 2,866,107 and 163,508.

  • CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review Of The Chicago Mercantile Exchange

    Date 04/08/2003

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has notified the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or Exchange) of the results of a rule enforcement review of CME'smarket surveillance program. The review, which was recently completed by the Commission's Division of Market Oversight (Division), covered the target period of September 1, 2001 to September 1, 2002.

  • CFTC Modernizes Rules On Commodity Pool Operators And Trading Advisors

    Date 04/08/2003

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it has modernized a number of key rules regarding commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs) to rationalize requirements, remove unnecessary regulatory burdens, and to facilitate greater participation in the commodity futures and options markets, which can benefit all market participants by increasing liquidity. The changes announced include: Providing that institutions excluded from the definitio

  • CFTC Extends Comment Period On Proposed Amendments To The Chicago Mercantile Exchange's Live Cattle Futures Contract Restricting Delivery To Cattle Born And Raised In The United States

    Date 04/08/2003

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has extended to August 22, 2003, the comment period on proposed amendments to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's live cattle futures contract, which will require that all cattle delivered on the futures contract be born and raised exclusively in the United States, and that the seller provide supporting documentation conforming to industry standards at the time of delivery. The amendments are contingent upon the promulgation by the United States Department

  • CBOT's July Volume Sets Highest Monthly Total At 45,018,548

    Date 04/08/2003

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced its highest monthly volume total ever at 45,018,548 contracts for July 2003, up 35.4% from July 2002, up 9.3% from June 2003 and up 37.3% year-to-date (YTD). A new exchange daily volume record was set on July 31 with 3,331,999 contracts traded surpassing the old record of 3,286,987 set May 28, 2003. In addition, six of the top ten monthly volume records were shattered in 2003.