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CME Euro FX Options Break 15,000 Volume Mark

Date 25/06/2002

Volume in Euro FX options on futures traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) broke the 15,000 mark for the first time yesterday, June 24, with 15,052 contracts traded. The trading surpassed by 32 percent the previous volume record set on Jan. 25 of 11,424 contracts.
CME Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of GLOBEX<SUP>®</SUP> Electronic Trading On Heels Of Second Busiest Day On GLOBEX Platform

Date 25/06/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. today marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of its electronic trading platform, GLOBEX®. The anniversary comes the day after CME's second GLOBEX busiest volume day, June 24, when 992,786 contracts changed hands, including a record 647,194 E-mini™ S&P 500 futures.
Chicago Board Of Trade Installs Eyretel Insight Viewer To Help Client Trading Firms Resolve Disputes On Financial Trades - Web-Based Application Provides Firms Immediate, Self-Service Retrieval And Access To Recordings Of Financial Trading Calls Captured

Date 25/06/2002

Eyretel Inc., a global provider of voice and data recording, quality monitoring and analysis systems for customer contact environments, today announced that the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) will install Eyretel Insight Viewer, a web-based software application, to allow their financial member firm clients to have immediate, self-service access to retrieve and replay recordings of trades captured and stored by the CBOT's Eyretel MediaStore call recording system.
CBOT: Record Volume For Electronic Mini-Sized Dow

Date 25/06/2002

Continuing it's impressive growth the CBOT's new, all-electronic $5.00 Mini-sized DowSM contract traded 13,579 on June 24 as day traders and other market users continue to recognize the benefits of this contract. Since its launch on April 5, the $5 mini-sized Dow futures has traded 359,150 contracts.
Australian Stock Exchange: Resignation And Appointment Of Directors

Date 25/06/2002

Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX) today announced the forthcoming resignation of Vice Chairman and non-executive director Mr Clive Batrouney and appointment of Mr Trevor Rowe as a non-executive director to fill the vacancy created by Mr Batrouney's resignation.

Australian Stock Exchange: Resignation And Appointment Of Company Secretaries

Date 25/06/2002

ASX advises that Christine Jones has resigned as Company Secretary, Giri Tenneti has been appointed Company Secretary and Lyn Nikolopoulos has been appointed Deputy Secretary of ASX. Ms Jones will continue on in her role as General Counsel.
SWX Swiss Exchange: Nobel Biocare AG Opens At CHF 100

Date 24/06/2002

The shares of Nobel Biocare AG were traded today for the first time on the SWX Swiss Exchange representing a total market capitalization for the company of CHF 2.4 bn. According to the offering prospectus 24'005'242 shares were registered in the Commercial Register. Nobel Biocare develops, produces, and markets dental implants and IT-based industrialised dental prosthetics. The company operates two business units: Dental implant, which makes permanent replacements for lost teeth; and Procera, wh
Refco Connects Directly To The Sydney Futures Exchange Via The Chicago Communications Hub Providing Customers With Direct Electronic Access

Date 24/06/2002

SFE Corporation Limited (holding company for the Sydney Futures Exchange) is pleased to announce the introduction of direct trading access to its Australian derivative products in the United States via the front end trading system provided by Refco Group Ltd LLC.
HKEx Welcomes The Appointment Of Mr Frederick Ma Si-Hang As Secretary For Financial Services And The Treasury

Date 24/06/2002

The following statement is in response to media enquiries: Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the Government's appointment of Mr Frederick Ma Si-hang as Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury. We are confident that Mr Ma's depth of knowledge and experience in the financial markets will be of great benefit to the future development of Hong Kong.
CBOT 5-Year Swap Contract Has Successful Debut

Date 24/06/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade 5-Year Swap contract began trading on Friday, June 21, 2002. The estimated volume is 1,723 contracts, or a notional amount of $172.3 million. The 10-Year Swap contract, which the CBOT launched last October, traded an estimated 2,208 contracts, or a notional amount of $220.8 million.