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CME Reports Record Average Daily Volume Approaching 3.8 Million Contracts In February, Up 50 Percent From Prior-Year Period And Beating The All-Time High Set In January 2005 - CME® Globex® Volume Increased 106 Percent vs. February 2004

Date 01/03/2005

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, today reported that total volume for February approached 3.8 million contracts per day, up 50 percent from the same period a year ago and marking an all-time record month. Average daily volume on the exchange’s CME® Globex® electronic trading platform, was 2.5 million contracts, a 106 percent increase from February 2004. Electronic trading represented 66 percent of total CME volume in February, compared with 48 percent in the prior-year period.
CBOT Sets New Exchange-Wide Volume Record In Busiest Trading Day Ever - U.S. Treasury Futures Complex Volume Climbs To New All-Time High

Date 01/03/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that the Exchange experienced its most successful trading day ever, setting an Exchange-wide volume record on Monday, February 28. Total volume soared to 5,852,889 contracts, exceeding the previous record of 5,718,527 contracts set on November 29, 2004.
CBOT Fed Funds February Settlement

Date 01/03/2005

The CBOT 30-Day Fed Fund futures contract for February 2005 will be cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 97.498, implying an average daily effective federal funds rate of 2.502 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.
CBOT February Volume Rises To New Monthly High; ADV Up 40.1% From Last Year - Financial And Agricultural Complexes Reach Monthly Volume Peaks

Date 01/03/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that Exchange-wide volume climbed to a new monthly record in February. Total volume for the month was 61,399,407 contracts, up 40.1 percent from 2004 and 36 percent from January. The prior all-time monthly record was 59,467,507 contracts set in November 2004.
CBOE Volume Increases 15% In February - CBOE Futures Exchange Volume Up 80%, Sets New Monthly Trading Record

Date 01/03/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that February volume increased 15% over February 2004 volume, climbing to a total of 31,553,430 contracts traded. Index options volume at CBOE continued to post impressive growth, as February volume, driven by strong activity in several benchmark indexes, rose 33% over February 2004 volume to 11,582,971 contracts.

CBOE To Move Forward With Purchase Offer For CBOT Exercise Rights

Date 01/03/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange today announced it will move forward with plans to purchase a number of CBOE exercise rights held by Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Full Members. The planned purchase offer was temporarily postponed while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reviewed a challenge to the CBOE's filing on the matter. On February 25, 2005, the SEC issued an order denying the challenge and approving the rule filing.
Boston Options Exchange Sets New Monthly Market Share Record

Date 01/03/2005

BOX market share (as a percentage of the OCC volume in the classes it lists) was 5.9% for the month, an improvement over the previous month's 5.6%, and a new record for BOX. For more details, click here.
Bolsas y Mercados Españoles Trades Over € 150 Bn In February

Date 01/03/2005

In February trading in equities on the Spanish market through SIBE reached € 65.94 bn, 36.4% up on the same month in 2004.
BEL 20® Index - New Divisors

Date 01/03/2005

Following the announced modification of the BEL 20® Index, the current divisors have to be replaced by the new divisors as published below from Wednesday 2 March 2005 onwards:
Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd To Operate At The Dubai International Financial Centre

Date 01/03/2005

Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd, a traditional Swiss private bank, has set up Bank Sarasin-Alpen (ME) Limited, a joint venture with Alpen Capital Corporation Ltd., an established corporate advisory firm based in Dubai. Both companies have combined their expertise to form Bank Sarasin-Alpen (ME) Limited, which has been granted a licence from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA”) to market Bank Sarasin’s services.