OneChicago Finishes 2003 With Record Volume Month

OneChicago, LLC today announced a record-breaking month in December trading 342,227 contracts, a 178% increase over December 2002 volume. Open interest stood at 153,866 contracts December 31. Average daily volume was 15,556 contracts in December.

The Exchange also hit a new single-day volume record of 243,198 contracts December 9. The previous daily volume record was 123,600 contracts on September 10. Each contract is equivalent to 100 shares of the underlying stock or exchange-traded fund.

The top five security futures products by volume in December were:

Honeywell International Inc. (HON1C) with 13,492 contracts traded
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XON1C) 9,502
Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT1C) 9,068
PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT1C) 8,666
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG1C) 8,374

For all of 2003, OneChicago's first full calendar year of operations, the Exchange traded more than 1.6 million contracts, equivalent to 160 million shares of stock.

The top five security futures products by volume for the year were:

DIAMONDS® Trust ETF (DIA1C) with 127,424 contracts traded
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT1C) 114,915
Amgen Inc. (AMGN1C) 43,801
Dell Inc. (DELL1C) 41,294
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO1C) 36,429

Additionally, the Exchange welcomes to the OneChicago Board of Directors Craig S. Donohue, Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

William J. Rainer, Chairman and CEO of OneChicago, said, "We are fortunate to have Craig join the OneChicago board. He has already made significant contributions to the joint venture's progress, and we look forward to his participation as a OneChicago Director."

OneChicago opened for trading November 8, 2002, listing futures contracts on 21 single stocks. The Exchange now has a total of 110 products: 95 single stock futures, including futures on the DIAMONDS Trust, and 15 futures on the Dow Jones MicroSector Indexes^sm.

OneChicago is a joint venture of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Incorporated® (CBOE®), Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®). All products are electronically traded on the CBOEdirect® match engine and accessible through the CBOEdirect and GLOBEX® platforms. All security futures can be traded out of either a securities or a futures account.

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