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Stockholmsbörsen: Monthly Statistics January 2003

Date 03/02/2003

Volume record in derivatives trading in January. Average daily volume amounted to 329 805 contracts per day in January (earlier record October 2002: 328 467).
Stock Exchange Of Thailand: Settrade Unveils Plan To Attract More Internet Investors

Date 03/02/2003

Settrade has mapped out measures to increase the number of investors making their transactions through the Internet by developing the quality of both its hardware and software. It plans to launch "Day Trade Lite", a new program to carry out transactions through the Internet, as well as to boost its back-up system, in conjunction with five major banks, Siam Commercial Bank, Krung Thai Bank, Bank of Asia, Thai Farmers Bank, and Bank of Ayudhaya. Internet investors can make their payments through
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

Date 03/02/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Tuesday, February 4, 2003: The relative weight of Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K) will increase by approximately 0.32% in the S&P/TSX Composite and S&P/TSX Capped Composite, 3.40% in the S&P/TSX Canadian SmallCap, 2.71% in the TSX 200 Index, 1.94% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Materials Sector Index and by 6.39% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Gold Sector Index. The relative
Singapore Exchange: New Open Interest Records Broken On 27 Jan 2003

Date 03/02/2003

MSCI Singapore Free Index Futures Contract and MSCI Taiwan Futures Contract both hit open interest records of 27,098 contracts and 70,649 contracts respectively on 27 Jan 2003
OneChicago Reports January 2003 Volume

Date 03/02/2003

OneChicago, LLC today announced that it traded 111,538 contracts in January. Open interest at OneChicago stood at 60,780 contracts on Jan. 31, an increase of 77.6% over the end of the previous month. Average daily volume in January was 5,311 contracts.

NYBOT Issues Reminder For New Terms And Conditions For Cotton No. 2 Futures Contract

Date 03/02/2003

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) today issued another reminder of several changes announced June 1, 2001, by its New York Cotton Exchange ("Exchange") to the terms and conditions of the Cotton No. 2 futures contract. The changes take effect commencing with the May 2003 delivery.
NASDAQ Proposal To Expand Access To SuperMontage Is Approved By SEC

Date 03/02/2003

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ®) today announced that the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved its proposal to allow NASDAQ participants that are not registered market makers to represent limit orders from a variety of investors in the new SuperMontage trading platform. The SEC has approved this change as a 90-day pilot program.
Kansas City Board Of Trade Starts Off 2003 Ahead Of 2002 - January Volume Tops Jan. 2002

Date 03/02/2003

The Kansas City Board of Trade has started 2003 with a bang as volume traded during the month of January exceeded volume traded in January 2002.
January Volume: CME January Volume Rises 2.7 Percent Over 2002 To 45.5 Million Contracts

Date 03/02/2003

Trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) rose 2.7 percent to 45.5 million contracts compared to January 2002 and higher than any previous January in CME history. Trading volume on GLOBEXÒ, CME's electronic trading platform, rose 116 percent over January 2002 levels to 21.3 million contracts.
ISMA Centre, The University Of Reading To Design The MTS Fixed Income Database

Date 03/02/2003

The MTS Scientific Committee is pleased to announce that the ISMA Centre at The University of Reading submitted the winning proposal in response to MTS' Call for Proposals for advice and guidance in designing the MTS fixed-income database. MTS plans to use the design toward structuring a database, which will ultimately be made available commercially and to academic institutions in order to facilitate the study of the fixed-income markets.