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CME: Cross-Margining Of Government Securities And Eurodollar Futures And Options Goes Live April 12

Date 09/04/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and the Government Securities Clearing Corporation (GSCC) announced today that cross-margining between the two clearing organizations will begin on April 12. The arrangement will enable members of both entities to cross-margin their buy-sell and repo activity in U.S. Government securities against Eurodollar futures and options on futures traded on CME and cleared at CME's Clearing House.
CBOE Increases Contract Order Size Eligible For Automatic Execution In Fourteen Options Effective Immediately

Date 09/04/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, today announced that, effective immediately for fourteen different options, CBOE is increasing the contract size of option orders and LEAPS (Long-Term Equity AnticiPation Securities) orders eligible for automatic execution on CBOE's Retail Automatic Execution System (RAES). In some options, orders and LEAPS orders up to 250 contracts will now be eligible for automatic execution on RAES. Previously, orders of up to 5
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - March 2002

Date 09/04/2002

Turnover for March was EUR 55,609.8 million. This compares to EUR 44,394.0 million in February. Domestic turnover in March was EUR 49,463.1 million, foreign turnover EUR 4,769.3 million, Nuovo Mercato, Domestic, EUR 1,338.5 million, Nuovo Mercato, Foreign, EUR 9.8 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 29.1 million.
UAB FBD Sampo Bankas To Become NSEL Member

Date 08/04/2002

On 8 April 2002, financial brokerage division (FBD) of UAB Sampo Bankas will join as a new NSEL member. It will be the ninth bank to provide securities trading intermediary services at the NSEL (banks are allowed to provide all services of a public intermediary of public trading). The FBD will have a right to trade on the NSEL from 11 April 2002. The Management Board of the NSEL has passed such a decision on today.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces March Volume

Date 08/04/2002

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that equity trading volume for March totaled 145,981,333 shares, an 11 % decrease over the same year ago period when 163,670,774 shares traded. Equity trading volume in March was 8% higher than February.

London Stock Exchange Monthly Market Report For March 2002 - Number Of UK Trades Up 6% On March 2001 - Average Daily Trading Up 7% On March 2001

Date 08/04/2002

The number of UK trades on the London Stock Exchange continued to rise in March, with a 6 per cent increase to 2.9 million trades, compared with 2.7 million trades in the same month in 2001. There were 20 trading days in March 2002, compared with 22 in March 2001. The average number of daily trades in UK and international shares rose by 7 per cent from 193,536 in March 2001 to 207,476 in March 2002. 53.9 billion UK shares were traded in March, up from 51.7 billion in March 2001. T
London Metal Exchange March 2002 Volume

Date 08/04/2002

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 5,022,179 lots in March 2002. This figure was made up of 4,800,858 lots of futures, 208,561 lots of options and 12,760 lots of TAPOs.
HKEx To Introduce Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures

Date 08/04/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Futures for trading on Hong Kong Futures Exchange, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKEx, on Monday, 6 May.
Euronext Executive Wins CFO Europe Award

Date 08/04/2002

Serge Harry, Chief Financial Officer of Euronext N.V, has received a Best Practices Award from CFO Europe magazine, for Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestments in 2001.
CBOE Increases Up To 250 Contracts Order Size Eligible For Automatic Execution In RCQ, RDZ Options Effective Immediately

Date 08/04/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, today announced that, effective immediately, select option orders for Broadcom, Inc. (ticker symbols RCQ and RDZ) of up to 250 contracts and LEAPS (Long-Term Equity AnticiPation Secutities) option orders (ticker symbols ORD, OGJ, VJG, OYG, and LGJ) of up to 100 contracts are now eligible for automatic execution on CBOE's Retail Automatic Execution System (RAES).