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Inside Business Interview With Richard Humphry, ASX Managing Director And CEO

Date 02/08/2004

Click here to download the transcript of the Inside Business interview with Richard Humphry AO, Managing Director and CEO of the Australian Stock Exchange Limited.
Eurex US Reports Further Growth In Trading Volume And Open Interest - Nandapurkar: Most Successful Month Since Launch Of Eurex US

Date 02/08/2004

Eurex US, the fully-electronic U.S. futures and options exchange, today reported its best monthly volume since the launch of the exchange in February. In the month of July, trading volume on Eurex US rose more than 1000 percent to a total of 673,180 contracts, up from 58,134 contracts in June. Daily average volume traded on the exchange in July rose to 32,056 contracts per day, up from 2,768 contracts in June. Open interest on Eurex US more than tripled in July, reaching a new record of over 58
Eurex Turns Over 75.5 Million Contracts In July - Volume Year To Date Rises To 628 Million Contracts

Date 02/08/2004

Approximately 75.5 million contracts were traded and cleared by the international derivatives market Eurex in July. This brings the total number of contracts traded in the first seven months of the year to 628 million contracts, an increase of approximately three percent compared to the same period last year (612 million contracts).
Eurex Eases Access For Gibraltar Trading Members - First Member Firms Connected To New Access Point

Date 02/08/2004

The international derivatives market Eurex eases access to its global liquidity network for member firms trading out of Gibraltar. Eurex opened its new Access Point in Gibraltar on Monday and connected its first local trading member thus increasing the number of access points to 10 globally. An Access Point is a telecommunications hub connecting Eurex members via fixed telecommunications lines to the Eurex network. Currently, eight member firms are located in Gibraltar.
Deutsche Börse: Equities Turnover In July Up 4 Percent Month-On-Month - Total Turnover Of €244 Billion On German Stock Exchanges - More Transactions On Xetra

Date 02/08/2004

The order book statistics, which are based on single counting of all transactions in the order book of Xetra and broker-supported trading on the floor, show that the German stock exchanges generated an equities turnover of €75.7 billion in July - up by around 4 percent month-on-month (June 2004: €72.8 billion). € 70.9 billion of this total relates to trading in German equities, with foreign equities accounting for € 4.8 billion.

CME Posts Busiest July Ever With Average Daily Volume Of 3.2 Million, Up 29 Percent Over Prior Year - GLOBEX® Handles 61 Percent Of Volume For Month, Its Highest Percentage Ever

Date 02/08/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced its busiest July trading month ever, with volume averaging 3.2 million contracts per day, driven by continued heavy trading in CME’s benchmark Eurodollar, E-mini™ equity index and foreign exchange products. The overall volume increased 29 percent over July 2003.
Citigroup Deploys CameronFIX SEATS Interface For FIX Direct Market Access To Australian Stock Exchange - Citigroup First To Market With CameronFIX SEATS Interface For Connection To Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Using the FIX Protocol

Date 02/08/2004

Global financial services company Citigroup and Financial Information Exchange [FIX] connectivity provider Cameron Systems today announced the recently released CameronFIX SEATS Interface and Market Mirror has been selected by Citigroup Australia to provide them with connectivity to the ASX using the FIX messaging standard.
CBOT YTD Volume Through July Jumps 32.3% From 2003 Period

Date 02/08/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that total exchange volume continued its strong performance, with year-to-date volume through July hitting 338,417,477 contracts, up 32.3 percent from January through July in 2003. July 2004 volume totaled 43,335,019 contracts. Total exchange open interest at the end of July rose 30.5 percent to 11,822,859 contracts from last year.
CBOT Fed Funds July Settlement

Date 02/08/2004

The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for July 2004 will be cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 98-736, for an average daily effective federal funds rate of 1.264 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.
Business Sunday Interview With Richard Humphry, ASX Managing Director And CEO

Date 02/08/2004

Click here to download a transcript of the Business Sunday interview with Richard Humphry AO, Managing Director and CEO of the Australian Stock Exchange Limited.