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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend Of 26 Cents Per Share

Date 05/08/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 26 cents per share, payable on September 27, 2004 to Class A and Class B shareholders of record on September 10, 2004.
CBOT Fed Watch - August 2004

Date 05/08/2004

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on August 10, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among
CBOT Fed Watch - August 2004

Date 05/08/2004

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on August 10, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among
Bursa Malaysia Welcomes First Official Visit From Minister Of Plantation Industries & Commodities

Date 05/08/2004

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa”) welcomed YB Dato’ Peter Chin, Minister of Plantation Industries & Commodities on his first official visit to Bursa.
Bolsa De Madrid Trades 67 New Warrants Issued By Bbva Banco De Financiación

Date 05/08/2004

Bolsa de Madrid today began trading 67 new warrants issued by BBVA Banco de Financiación. The underlying assets for the warrants are Spanish and foreign shares and indices as well as indices baskets.

AP3 Chooses FTSE Global Equity Index Series

Date 05/08/2004

FTSE Group, the global index provider, announces today that the FTSE Global Equity Index Series has been chosen by the Tredje AP-fonden Swedish buffer fund (AP3) as the benchmark for the entire equity allocation of the fund, totalling approximately €6.2 billion.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Volume Posts Increase For 2003/04 Crop Year

Date 04/08/2004

Total volume of trade on Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. for the 2003/04 crop year, which ended July 31, 2004, was 2,016,546 contracts. This level of trade represents an increase of 3.9% from the total volume recorded for the 2002/03 crop year. Futures contract trade for the crop year was 3.1% higher than a year ago, with feed wheat futures posting the strongest gains in volume. Feed wheat futures volume rose 40.3% from a year ago with 77,857 contracts trading during the crop year
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange New Crop Canola Futures Prices Fell Sharply In July

Date 04/08/2004

New crop canola futures prices at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange fell sharply through the month of July. The November 2004 canola futures contract closed the month of July at a life-ofcontract low of $327.70 per metric tonne. The price dropped $33.50 per tonne from the closing price at the end of June, which equates to an over 9 percent decline in value. The price of the November 2004 contract is $80.00 per metric tonne lower than, or almost 20 percent off of, the contract high establish
Warsaw Stock Exchange Announces An Extraordinary Adjustment In WIG, WIG-PL And WIG-CONSTRUCTION Indices Portfolios

Date 04/08/2004

Following the trading session on August 4, 2004, shares of company PBG (4 500 000 shares) will join WIG, WIG-PL and WIG-CONSTRUCTION indices.
USA Options Industry Council Announces New Month-End Open Interest Record - Year-To-Date Volume Up By 37.38 Percent

Date 04/08/2004

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that for the fourth consecutive month, options exchanges set a new record for month-end equity options open interest with 130,701,418 contracts. This beats the record of 128,369,293 contracts set in June, and is a 22.7 percent increase over equity options open interest of 106,462,423 contracts in July 2003.