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OneChicago Launches Successfully

Date 08/11/2002

OneChicago, LLC today traded more than 3,000 contracts (more than 300,000 shares of common stock) and matched 677 trades on its first day of trading security futures. Firms reported that OneChicago's trading platform was fast and reliable.
NYSE Commemorates Veterans Day - The Exchange To Honor Veterans With Two Minutes Of Silence

Date 08/11/2002

On Monday, Nov. 11, the New York Stock Exchange will be observing Veterans Day with a special opening bell ceremony. General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will ring the Opening Bell in commemoration of Veterans Day. The Albany, Georgia U.S. Marine Corps Band will perform patriotic tunes from the NYSE's Members' Gallery, and there will be a Color Guard team below the bell podium.
NYBOT's Coffee Options Contract Continues Record-Setting Pace

Date 08/11/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that its coffee options contract set another new open interest record of 97,771 contracts on Wednesday, November 6, 2002.The new high replaces the old record of 97,032 contracts set on Tuesday,November 5, 2002.
New York Mercantile Exchange To Extend Henry Hub Swap Contract To 72 Months

Date 08/11/2002

The board of directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., last night voted to extend the listed months for its cleared over-the-counter (OTC) Henry Hub swap to 72 months from 36, beginning on November 11.
Madrid Stock Exchange: New Warrant Trading Platform To Take Off On November 11 - The New Platform Will Provide An Easier, More Dynamic And Transparent Access To Trading - Turnover Figures Have Increased Fivefold Over The Last Three Years

Date 08/11/2002

A new warrants trading platform will be implemented on November 11 for the warrants, certificates and similar products. The new system represents a new trading segment within the Spanish Exchange trading platform (SIBE) and will match the specific features of these products.

Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Procedures For Enforcement On PN4 Companies

Date 08/11/2002

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) would like to announce the following process that will be applicable to all listed issuers affected by Practice Note No. 4/2001 (PN4) or PN4 Companies. These companies are separately classified under the "PN4 Condition" sector in order to facilitate easy identification of PN4 Companies.
Euronext Brussels: BEL20® Index - New Divisors

Date 08/11/2002

Following the announced modification of the BEL20® Index (replacement of the GIB share by the Mobistar share) the current divisors have to be replaced by the new divisors as published below from Monday 11 November 2002 onwards:
CME To Observe Two-Minute Silence On Trading Floor For Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11

Date 08/11/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) will observe two minutes of silence on its trading floor in observance of Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11, from 10:00 a.m. until 10:02 a.m.(Central time). CME's stock index and commodity markets will participate in the observance; interest rates and currencies are closed for floor trading on Monday.

Chicago Stock Exchange October Volume Results

Date 08/11/2002

September 2002 Listed Share Volume 1,765,692,077 Listed Trade Volume 2,244,530

CBOT Educational Research Foundation Gives $1.2m To Kent State

Date 08/11/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade Educational Research Foundation, founded by the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the world's oldest and third-largest derivatives marketplace, today presented a $1.2 million gift to the Kent State University Foundation. The gift creates a strategic link between the foundation's prestigious research symposium and Kent State's unique master of science in financial engineering degree program.