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New York Board Of Trade: New Margin Requirements For Coffee And FCOJ

Date 01/10/2004

The New York Board of Trade ® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the opening of business Friday, October 1, 2004 the margin requirements are as follows:
KCBT Year-To-Date Volume Ahead Of 2003 By 5.6 Percent

Date 01/10/2004

Kansas City Board of Trade year-to-date volume continues to show gains compared to year-to-date 2003 for the exchange as a whole and for the wheat futures contract in particular.
KCBT Announces Fourth-quarter Value Line® Price Limits

Date 01/10/2004

The Kansas City Board of Trade has announced the fourth-quarter price limits for the Value Line® stock index futures contract. Daily price limits will be in effect and coordinated with trading halts in the securities markets.
ISE Reports Monthly Volume For September 2004

Date 01/10/2004

The International Securities Exchange (ISE), the world's largest equity options exchange, reported an increase in September trading volume compared to the same year-ago period.
Deutsche Boerse Group: Total Turnover Of €245 Billion On German Stock Exchanges In September

Date 01/10/2004

According to aggregate statistics, a total volume of over €245 billion was traded on the German stock exchanges in September. This represents an 8 percent rise in turnovers on the previous month (€226 billion). This total includes €182 billion in equities, warrants, and exchange-traded funds, and more than €63 billion in fixed-income securities.

Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Record Year On The Equity Market On The Cards

Date 01/10/2004

Share trading in the first nine months of the year totalled DKK 432 billion, which means that 2004 has already reached the second highest trading volume on an annual basis in the history of the Exchange. Some time during the next month the trading in shares will also top the record from the year 2000 when the turnover reached DKK 455 billion.
CME To launch X-Funds 1 & 2 On Globex

Date 01/10/2004

Effective Monday, October 4, 2004, the CME will launch X-Funds 1 & 2 on Globex. To view the contract specifications on the CME web site, please see http://www.cme.com/clr/contract_specifications_cl.html?product=X1 and http://www.cme.com/clr/contract_specifications_cl.html?product=X2
CME Third Quarter Average Daily Volume* Of More Than 3.2 Million Contracts, Up 29 Percent From Last Year; All Time Monthly Volume Record Of Nearly 3.6 Million Contracts Per Day In September - GLOBEX® Third Quarter Volume Up 87 Percent From 2003; September

Date 01/10/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME), the largest U.S. futures exchange, today reported that its total volume for the third quarter averaged more than 3.2 million contracts per day, up 29% from the same period one year ago. Total CME volume was above 206 million contracts for the quarter. Average daily volume (ADV) on GLOBEX, CME’s electronic trading platform was approximately 2 million contracts, an 87 percent increase from Q3 2003 and a 15 percent increase from Q2 2004. Du
Clearstream Announces Modular Pricing Concept For Vestima+

Date 01/10/2004

Clearstream announced a new modular pricing policy for its innovative investment fund processing service named Vestima+ that will bring significant opportunities for cost reductions to market participants. The reductions are made possible through the unique Vestima+ solution enabling customers to select different elements of the service that they need rather than paying a 'bundled' price. Cost reductions will be maximized through enabling customers to combine domestic services from loca
CBOT® Announces Market Maker Program For Electronically Traded Full-Sized Gold And Silver Futures Contracts; Contracts To Launch On October 6

Date 01/10/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today the approval of six firms to act as Electronic Market Makers (EMM) for CBOT full-sized Gold and Silver futures contracts. The objective of the EMM program is to provide liquidity in the exchange's new 100 percent electronic metals contracts, effective on the October 6, 2004, launch date.