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Deutsche Börse And Cedel International Agree Acquisition Terms - Offer To Value Clearstream At Euro 3.2 Billion Deutsche Börse Will Offer Cedel Shareholders Cash Or Shares

Date 01/02/2002

The Board of Cedel International and Deutsche Börse's Management Board have agreed the terms of an offer to be made for the acquisition of Cedel and its 50 percent ownership in Clearstream by Deutsche Börse. The offer will be subject to an affirmative vote by a two-thirds majority of Cedel shareholders and to certain further conditions, including regulatory and Deutsche Börse's Supervisory Board approval.
Definitive Selection Of Constituent Shares For The AEX Index And The Amsterdam Midkap Index

Date 01/02/2002

In accordance with the AEX index and the Rules for the Amsterdam Midkap index, each index is reweighted annually at the close of the first day of trading in March, unless less than 95% of the value of the index has been traded on that day.
CFTC's Division Of Trading And Markets Gives Additional Relief To Firms Affected By 9/11

Date 01/02/2002

The Division of Trading and Markets of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has granted additional relief to futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors (together, "registrants") whose records were lost or destroyed in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
CFTC Announces Agency Restructuring

Date 01/02/2002

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it will restructure its staff to facilitate the implementation of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
CBOT Fed Funds Settle At 98.270

Date 01/02/2002

The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for January 2002 was cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 98.270, for an average overnight effective rate of 1.730 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.

CBOE® Index Volume Up 65%; DJX, QQQ and SPXsm Lead Gains

Date 01/02/2002

Index volume continued its strong growth in January at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Total index option volume at CBOE increased by 65% to 6,234,247 contracts from 3,783,831 contracts in January 2001. Open interest in all CBOE index options stood at 8,069,214 contracts (3,916,515 calls and 4,152,699 puts) at the end of January, an increase of 121% versus January 2001 when open interest stood at 3,652,703 contracts.
357 Billion Euros In Turnover On The German Stock Exchanges In January: 40 Percent Increase In Trading Volume

Date 01/02/2002

A total of 357 billion euros in volume was traded on the German stock exchanges in January. That is about 40 percent higher than the previous month's level (December 2001: 255 billion euros). The January total comprises 270 billion euros in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds as well as 87 billion euros in fixed-income securities.
The New Zealand Stock Exchange All Gross Index Performs Well Compared With Other Major World Markets

Date 31/01/2002

The New Zealand Stock Exchange ("NZSE") NZSE All Gross Index, which covers all domestic listed equity securities, rose by 16.71% in 2001 to finish the year at 1886.46. This result ranks the NZSE All Gross Index ninth in terms of performance, compared to the indices of 53 other stock exchanges monitored by the World Federation of Stock Exchanges. The NZSE All Gross Index out performed all major world indices (Nikkei 225: Japan; Dow Jones Industrials: US; NASDAQ: US; FTSE100: UK; All Ords: Austral
The Korea Futures Exchange Weekly Bulletin - January 21 To Jan. 25, 2002

Date 31/01/2002

Beginning on May 10, 2002, investors will be able to trade the Korea Treasury bond (KTB) options on KOFEX. Against the previous week's weakness, the KOSDAQ50 Futures market resumed its upward march this week. The KTB futures market displayed its downward trend throughout the week. In spite of the domestic stock markets' upturn, the KOFEX USD/KRW currency rate continued to move upward taking correction toward the end of the week.
SGX Broke Derivatives Trading Records

Date 31/01/2002

MSCI Taiwan futures broke trading volume (61, 594 contracts) and open interest (58,625 contracts) records on 28 and 30 Jan respectively. The MSCI Singapore Index futures open interest also achieved an all time high of 12,598 contracts on 28 Jan.