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CME Open Interest Surpasses 24 Million Positions As New TRAKRS Product Begins Trading

Date 11/12/2002

Open interest on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) surpassed 24 million positions for the first time yesterday, Dec. 10, reaching a record 24,756,516 positions.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Completes Initial Public Offering

Date 11/12/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME) today announced the successful completion of its initial public offering. The over-allotment option was fully exercised. The company sold 3,712,660 shares of Class A common stock in the initial public offering. Shareholders of the company sold 1,751,070 shares. Net proceeds to the company from the offering are expected to be approximately $117.8 million.
CBOT Trading Schedules For Christmas, New Year's Day Holidays

Date 11/12/2002

The following is the 2002 Chicago Board of Trade Christmas and New Year's Day holiday trading schedule:
World Federation Of Exchanges' Emerging Markets Forum

Date 10/12/2002

The World Federation Of Exchanges' Emerging Markets Forum will be held on 16 - 18 December in Malaysia. The Forum will focus on issues concerning exchanges in developing markets, with the participation of the World Bank, the OECD, the Securities Industry Association SIA, Harvard Law School, Thomas Murray, MIT, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Accounting Standards Board, the exchange managers themselves and many others.
Transatlantic Securities Trading Costs Could Be Cut By Up To 60% - New Report Urges US-EU Accord On Transatlantic Exchange Access

Date 10/12/2002

An expert report published today urges a US-EU accord on transatlantic exchange access to jumpstart integration of the two mammoth securities markets. Such an accord would significantly cut transatlantic trading costs as well as the cost of capital for American and European companies.

RTS Stock Exchange: Order-Driven Market Weekly Data: December 2nd-December 6th

Date 10/12/2002

For the week of December 2nd - December 6th, 2002, securities traded on the Order-driven market 5 802 times. The total turnover on the unified market of two exchanges equaled 1 763 million rubles, with 144 million shares changing hands (last week posted 2 226 million rubles, 215 million traded shares).
RTS Stock Exchange Classic Market Data: December 2nd - December 6th

Date 10/12/2002

For the week of December 2nd - December 6th, 2002, the RTS Index lost 3.22% and closed at 349.52. The RTS Technical Index rose closed 3.21% off at 384.27.
RTS Stock Exchange Bonds Weekly Data: December 2nd-December 6th

Date 10/12/2002

For the week of December 2nd-December 6th, 2002, the total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading of corporate, government, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, increased by 5.6% and reached 673 thousand US dollars. The number of trades rose from 11 to 13.
NYSE Chairman And CEO Dick Grasso Applauds Nomination Of William H. Donaldson As SEC Chairman

Date 10/12/2002

"President Bush has made an outstanding choice in nominating Bill Donaldson as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bill has a unique combination of public- and private-sector experience and his achievements as a seasoned and respected business leader, public official and academician are well documented. He is an entrepreneur and true patriot who will bring to the Commission his strong commitment to investor protection as well as his vision of extending the U.S. equities markets'
Nord Pool Chooses OM As Clearing Technology Partner

Date 10/12/2002

Nord Pool's wholly-owned subsidiary, Nordic Electricity Clearing House ASA (NECH), has reached an extensive co-operation agreement with OM for the provision and facility management of OM's SECUR™ clearing system. The agreement is set to run for seven years and means that OM will become the new systems provider for Nord Pool's clearing operations with effect from January 1 2004. Until then Nord Pool will continue to work with Power Clearing Systems AS (PCS).