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CME Records Busiest Day In Its 104-Year History As Trading Volume Surpasses 4 Million

Date 27/06/2002

Volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) increased to more than four million contracts for the first time in its 104-year history yesterday, June 26, as a record 4,256,378 contracts changed hands. The new record surpasses by 20 percent a record set March 7, at 3,542,992 contracts. The underlying value of the contracts traded yesterday was $3.1 trillion.
CME Independence Day Holiday Schedule

Date 27/06/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has announced the following trading schedule for the Independence Day holiday (all times are Central time).
CFTC Approves NFA Rules On Retail Foreign Currency Trading

Date 27/06/2002

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved a National Futures Association (NFA) bylaw and rule that create a "Forex Dealer Member" membership category and prohibit fraud by these members. The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 amended the Commodity Exchange Act to provide that the offering of foreign currency futures or options to retail customers on an off-exchange basis is unlawful unless the counterparty is one specifically approved in the Act, such as a futures commission
CBOT's Electronic Trading Platform Breaks Daily Trading Record

Date 27/06/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today its members set a new daily volume record on the exchange's electronic trading platform with 899,080 contracts traded on June 26, 2002, breaking the previous record of 706,720 contracts set on May 30, 2002. The CBOT®traded a total of 2,352,115 contracts yesterday, of which 1,453,035 were traded in the open auction marketplace, representing 62% of the overall volume.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange:Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier on 1 July 2002

Date 26/06/2002

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 1 July 2002, responding to the release of a BOJ's TANKAN report at 8:50am.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 26/06/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: Effective after the close on Thursday, June 27, 2002, Saddle Resources Inc. (TSX:SRI) will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange. All the shares of the company have been acquired by Devlan Production Company Ltd.
SEC Statement Concerning WorldCom

Date 26/06/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following statement today on WorldCom: The WorldCom disclosures confirm that accounting improprieties of unprecedented magnitude have been committed in the public markets.
Result Of The Quarterly Review Euronext 100 & Next 150:

Date 26/06/2002

As a result of the quarterly review of 31 May 2002 the following changes will be effective as of Monday 1 July 2002.
Oslo Børs: Secure Insider Trading

Date 26/06/2002

In a move to promote secure, lawful insider trading, Oslo Børs is making its "insider register" available to the public as of today. The insider register is a database containing defined primary insiders - i.e. persons and companies who are bound by the notification requirement and are required to exercise particular care in securities trading.
NYBOT's Margin Rules Amended to Permit FCMS’ Acceptance of Approved Money Market Mutual Funds

Date 26/06/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT)® announced today that effective immediately, amendments to its Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, Inc.'s (CSCE) and New York Cotton Exchange's (NYCE) Margin Rules are being implemented that permit futures commission merchants (FCMs) to accept from their customers shares of money market mutual funds (MMMFs) that have been approved by the New York Clearing Corporation (NYCC) as payment for initial and maintenance margin. The value of the MMMFs will be set at an a