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Philadelphia Stock Exchange Chides SEC For Lack Of Action In Banning Exchange-Sponsored Payment For Order Flow In The Options Market; Calls On Chairman Donaldson To Ban The Practice Immediately

Date 19/05/2003

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange today chided the Securities and Exchange for its lack of action in banning exchange-sponsored payment for order flow in the options markets in a letter sent today to the to SEC Chairman William Donaldson. Following the announcement on May 13 by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) of their reinstitution of a payment for order flow program, the PHLX in its letter to the SEC, as in the PHLX's previously filed petition for rulemaking (submitted to the SEC on Feb
OneChicago Week In Review

Date 19/05/2003

DIAMONDS ® Spreads Futures on the DIAMONDS (DIA1C) bid/ask spread performance last week: 5.1¢ spread on average, a 4% improvement over the prior week* OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on AMEX 69% of the time* OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA ETF on Nasdaq 35% of the time*
New Volume Record In Options Set on Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange

Date 19/05/2003

The new all-time daily record in options trading - 151,5 million rubles - was set on FORTS (Futures &Options on RTS), the derivatives section of the RTS Stock Exchange. The previous all-time record, 53 million rubles, as of May 14th, 2003, was exceeded by 2.8 times. The trading volume in contracts reached 28 thousand - 2,7 times higher than May 14th, 2003, record.
Nasdaq Names Christopher R. Concannon Executive Vice President Of Strategy And Business Development

Date 19/05/2003

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ®"; OTCBB: NDAQ), today announced that Christopher R. Concannon has been appointed Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. Mr. Concannon joins NASDAQ from Instinet Group, Inc. where he served as President of Instinet Clearing Services, Inc.
ICEX News And Views - New listing On ICEX - Alternative Market And New Procedure Regarding Trading Halts

Date 19/05/2003

New listing on ICEX Alternative Market and new procedure regarding trading halts are the subjects of this issue.

Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange: Weekly Data

Date 19/05/2003

For the week of May 12th - May 16th, 2003, total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) reached 892 thousand contracts, or 4 734 million rubles in underlying value, compared with 977 thousand contracts and 5 062 million rubles for the week of April 28th, 2003. The number of trades reached 17 645, compared with 22 386 trades the week before. Daily average trading volume in rubles increased by 31% on the week (in contracts the increase amounted to 28%). Total open interest as of May 1
Futures & Options On The RTS Stock Exchange: New Trading Records

Date 19/05/2003

FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) Derivatives market set a new volume record on May 13, 2003 - 1 443 million rubles in underlying value, a 27% increase over the previous record of 1 147 million rubles as of April 28th, 2003. The previous record in contracts was exceeded by 16,5%, from 223 thousand to 260 thousand contracts.
Eurex Trades Record Volume In French Equity Options On May 16

Date 19/05/2003

27,024 contracts traded account for market share of 31,7 percent
Copenhagen Stock Exchange': Instability On The Financial Markets Affects The Exchange's Financial Results

Date 19/05/2003

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange's profit for the 1st quarter of 2003 amounted to DKK 14.1 million, down from DKK 17.6 million for the corresponding period in 2002, a fall of 20 per cent. Return on equity was 19 per cent in the 1st quarter of 2003 as against 27 per cent in the first three months of 2002, and operating margin before depreciation/amortisation fell from 49 per cent to 45 per cent p.a.
CME Announces Memorial Day Holiday Schedule

Date 19/05/2003

Friday, May 23