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CME Has Second Busiest Day in 103-Year History As Trading Volume Reaches Nearly 2.7 Million Contracts - Eurodollar Options Set New Single-Day Volume Record

Date 19/07/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., (CME) marked the second busiest trading day in its 103-year history yesterday, July 18, when 2,682,228 contracts changed hands. The underlying value of the nearly 2.7 million contracts traded totaled $2.13 trillion.
CBOT To Launch Contract On The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index

Date 19/07/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade, DowSMJones Indexes and AIG Trading Group Inc. (AIG Trading), a member company of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG), today announced the launch of a futures contract on the DowSMJones-AIG Commodity IndexSM (DJ-AIGCI). The CBOT® expects to launch the DJ-AIGCISM futures contract in the fourth quarter of 2001, on a/c/e, its electronic trading platform.
Amendments To The Main Board Listing Rules And GEM Listing Rules To Dispense With The Exchange's Portion Of The Transaction Levy And Introduce A Trading Fee

Date 19/07/2001

With effect from 1 September 2001, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong ("the Exchange") will cease to be entitled to its portion of the transaction levy and will introduce a trading fee of an equivalent amount. The trading fee will be calculated at the rate of 0.005% per side of the consideration of the transaction, payable by each of the buyer and the seller, or 0.01% of the total consideration of the transaction.
The Central Bank Of Iceland Auctions Repurchase Agreements For 28.6 Billion Krónur

Date 18/07/2001

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on July 17th the maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.9 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 28.6 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
Standard & Poor's - Index Change - S&P Global 1200, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, TSE 100 And TSE 200 Indices

Date 18/07/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on July 19, 2001, the following changes will take place in the S&P Global 1200, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, TSE 100 and TSE 200 Indices.

SEC Further Extends Time For Banks To Comply With Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Broker-Dealer Registration Requirements And Extends Comment Period

Date 18/07/2001

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it issued an order further extending until May 12, 2002 the compliance dates for banks with respect to the broker-dealer registration requirements contained in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. The Commission also indicated that it anticipates amending the interim final rules it issued on May 11, 2001, concerning these requirements, and the Commission issued a notice extending the comment period on the rules until September 4, 2001. The Commi
Nasdaq's Second-Quarter 2001 Results - Share Volume Up Over One Year Ago

Date 18/07/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® today announced that daily volume on Nasdaq averaged 1.9 billion shares in the second quarter of this year, an 18.7 percent increase from 1.6 billion shares in the second quarter of 2000. Eleven of the 50 largest trading sessions ever on Nasdaq® occurred in the second quarter of 2001. Nasdaq also experienced its most active single session in the second quarter, when 3.19 billion shares were traded on April 18, 2001.
Nasdaq MarketSite ExperienceSM Offers Summer Ticket Value And Showcases Technology Innovation

Date 18/07/2001

MarketSite ExperienceSM, The Nasdaq Stock Market's high-tech interactive attraction in its Times Square landmark, offers a cool $5 summer admission ticket to all visitors until August 30. The value - tickets are regularly $7 - highlights the debut an exhibit by Nasdaq-listed technology innovator QUALCOMM.
London Stock Exchange Announces New Technology Appointment

Date 18/07/2001

The London Stock Exchange on July 16 announced that WorldCom had been appointed to help install a high-capacity network that will link the Exchange and its customers using Internet Protocol (IP) communications technology.
CVB Financial Corp. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning July 25, 2001

Date 18/07/2001

CVB Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:CVBF) of Ontario, California, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index®, effective at the beginning of trading Wednesday, July 25, 2001. CVB Financial Corp. will replace National Commerce Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:NCBC), which is de-listing from The Nasdaq Stock MarketSM.