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Muscat Securities Market Weekly Commentary

Date 10/01/2003

The MSM index closed on a decline of 0.7%, at 192 points, on January 2, '03 which marked the closing of the first trading week in the New Year. There were only four trading days in the week due to Dec 31, '02 being the year-end holiday. The week opened on a high of 192.26, but dropped to a low of 191.86 on Dec 30, '02, which was the last trading day of 2002. All the sectors also declined, with the maximum fall being witnessed in the Industry Sector index which recorded a 2.2% decline.
Montréal Exchange - Summary Statistical Report 2002

Date 10/01/2003

Trading volume on the Montréal Exchange totalled 14.7 million contracts in 2002, up 15% compared with the previous year. The underlying dollar value of the contracts traded on the Montréal Exchange in 2002 represented more than $20 billion, on average, on a daily basis. The number of contracts held, or Open Interest, stood at 1.1 million contracts on December 31, 2002, a 31% increase compared to December 31, 2001.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report December 2002

Date 10/01/2003

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Instinet Announces December 2002 Transaction Information

Date 10/01/2003

Instinet Group Incorporated (NASDAQ: INET) announced today that its U.S. equity share volume in December 2002 was 10,030 million shares.(1)
Futures & Options On The RTS Stock Exchange: Year 2002 In Review

Date 10/01/2003

In year 2002 526 trades were executed on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS), the derivatives section of the RTS Stock Exchange. Total trading volume reached 22 million contracts or 94,9 billion dollars in underlying value. Daily average volume increased 3,1 times in terms of contracts (to 87,5 thousand contracts) and 3,43 times in terms of underlying value (378 million rubles). Daily trading activity skyrocketed 2.9 times, from 746 to 2 168 trades a day. Total open interest as of December 31,

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Adopts Fair Value Method Of Accounting For Stock Options, Based On New FASB Guidance. Change Will Reduce Variability In Stock-Based Compensation Expense

Date 10/01/2003

The Board of Directors of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, CME) yesterday approved a change in CME's accounting for all of its stock options to the fair value method of accounting. CME will now recognize the expense for stock grants based on Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation." As allowed under a recently approved amendment to SFAS No. 123, this change will be retroactively applied to 2000 and 2001. CME stock optio
CFTC Extends Comment Period On Advance Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking To Allow Greater Access To Security Futures Markets

Date 10/01/2003

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has extended to January 23, 2003, the comment period on its advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) that provides registration relief for certain operators and advisors of pooled investment vehicles. The ANPR requests public comment on proposals by the National Futures Association and the Managed Funds Association to implement permanent rule changes expanding the categories of commodity pools whose operators and advisors need not register with the Co
CBOT: Introducing Our New Electronic Trading Platform Powered By LIFFE CONNECT™

Date 10/01/2003

As the world's premier exchange for futures trading, the Chicago Board of Trade has entered into a licensing agreement to use LIFFE CONNECT electronic trading platform. This will replace the CBOT's existing trading platform a/c/e, upon completion of the CBOT's licensing agreement with the Eurex Group at the end of the fourth quarter of 2003.
CBOT Announces Licensing Agreement To Use LIFFE CONNECT. Euronext.liffe To Provide Software For CBOT® Electronic Trading Platform

Date 10/01/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the world's oldest futures exchange, today announced a decision by its Board of Directors to enter into a licensing agreement to use the LIFFE CONNECTTM electronic trading platform. This will replace the CBOT's existing trading platform, a/c/e, upon completion of the CBOT's licensing agreement with the Eurex Group at the end of 2003.
CBOE Trading Schedule For Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Date 10/01/2003

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: p>Friday, January 17: CBOE interest rate option products will close at 12:00 Noon CST (Chicago time).