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Minneapolis Grain Exchange Announces Exchange For Risk (EFR) In Spring Wheat And Hard Winter Wheat Index Futures - Record March Volume

Date 01/04/2004

Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) owners have approved rules that allow Exchange For Risk (EFR) transactions in hard red spring wheat and Hard Winter Wheat Index (HWI) futures. An implementation date for EFRs will be announced subsequent to MGEX's filing of the rules with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and completion of internal programming.
March 2004 - Euronext Key Indicators - Strong Activity On Cash Markets In March: More Than 15 Million Transactions - First Quarter Cash Activity: +15.5% In The Year-To-Date - Record Volumes For Euronext.liffe - Individual Equity Products Up 50% Year-To-Da

Date 01/04/2004

Cash products There has been a strong increase in activity in cash trading in the first quarter of the year, when 42 million transactions were completed: up 15.5% on the same period of 2003. A daily average of 653,000 transactions were completed between January and March: an increase of 14% on the first quarter in 2003. There have been five IPOs on Euronext so far this year: Iliad, Belgacom, Euromedis Groupe, Hammerson Plc. and Grupo Media Capital, with a total amount of 3.9
London Metal Exchange Monthly Averages - March 2004

Date 01/04/2004

Please click here for the LME monthly averages for March 2004.
Kansas City Board Of Trade March Volume Best In Exchange History For Calendar Month

Date 01/04/2004

Kansas City Board of Trade volume for the month of March was the largest in exchange history for the calendar month. A new March record was set for the exchange as a whole, the wheat futures contract and the wheat options contract.
ISE Lists Options On The Morgan Stanley Technology Index Exchange Continues Expansion Into Index Options Market

Date 01/04/2004

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) said today that options on the Morgan Stanley Technology Index (MSH) were listed for trading in bin 7 on a March expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 31,500 contracts. Timber Hill LLC, a unit of Interactive Brokers LLC, is serving as the Primary Market Maker (PMM).

International Securities Exchange Reports Monthly Volume for March 2004

Date 01/04/2004

The International Securities Exchange (ISE), the world's largest equity options exchange, reported an increase in March trading volume compared to the same year-ago period.
ICEX News & Views

Date 01/04/2004

An agreement with VMF, the new ICEX website and the free-float adjustment of market cap in relation to selection into ICEX-15 is discussed in this issue.
HEX Integrated Markets: Monthly Statistics March 2004

Date 01/04/2004

In March, the share trading at OMHEX's marketplaces amounted to EUR 63.5 billion, on a daily average EUR 2 762 million. It was the best month for Stockholmsbörsen since November 2001, the trading amounted on a daily average to EUR 1 787 million. At HEX Helsinki it was the best month since December 2002, the trading amounted to EUR 961 million on a daily average.
Euronext's March Highlights

Date 01/04/2004

Please click here for the Euronext Highlights' March edition.
Euronext.Liffe White Sugar Futures & Options Post Record Trading Volumes

Date 01/04/2004

Euronext.liffe's White Sugar futures and options contracts set a new all-time monthly traded volume record of 141,872 contracts in March 2004, breaking the previous record of 130,155 contracts set in January 2004.