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CME Posts Busiest February Ever As Electronic Eurodollar, FX Volume Surge And Combined Open Interest Hits All-Time Record At Month End - Jump In GLOBEX® Eurodollar Volume Pushes Electronic Trading To 48 Percent Of Total Volume

Date 01/03/2004

Trading volume* at Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the largest U.S. futures exchange, averaged 2.5 million contracts per day in February - a 13 percent increase over year ago activity levels, making it the busiest February trading month in exchange history. Also, at the close of the last trading day of the month, February 27, CME open interest totalled 37.3 million contracts, the highest level in CME history.
CESR Consultative Concept Paper On The Proposed Financial Instruments Markets Directive (ISD2) On Articles 25, 56 and 58

Date 01/03/2004

Further to the CESR Call for Evidence (Ref. CESR/04-022) published on 20 January 2004 regarding the provisional Mandate received from the European Commission on the proposed revised Financial Instruments Markets Directive (ISD2), CESR publishes today a Consultative Concept Paper. The concept paper covers the provisional Mandate given to CESR by the EU Commission related to transaction reporting (Art. 25 ISD2), the competent authorities’ obligation to cooperate (Art. 56) and the exchange of infor
CBOT Fed Funds February Settlement

Date 01/03/2004

The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for February 2004 was cash settled on March 1 at a final settlement price of 98.993, for an average daily effective federal funds rate of 1.007 percent during the delivery month. Please click here to view the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.
CBOT February Volume Up 36.8 Percent From 2003 At 43,815,075 - All-Time Total Exchange Daily Volume, Open Interest Records Shattered

Date 01/03/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced heavy trading volume in February, with overall exchange volume increasing 36.8 percent over February 2003 and up 6.4 percent from the previous month at 43,815,075 contracts. In a month with only 19 trading days, exchange daily volume topped the three million mark three days in a row, with February 26 the busiest trading day in exchange history at 3,354,490 contracts traded. Average daily volume reached 2,306,057, up 36.8 percent from February 20
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 01/03/2004

The market gained 2 points in a fairly quiet week.

BEL20® Index - New Divisors

Date 01/03/2004

Following the announced modification of the BEL20® Index, the current divisors have to be replaced by the new divisors as published below from Tuesday 2 March 2004 onwards:
Bahrain Stock Exchange Closed March 1st And 2nd

Date 01/03/2004

Please be informed that Bahrain Stock Exchange will be closed for Monday and Tuesday, 1st and 2nd of March 2004 in occasion of Ashoora.
Axiss Australia Newsletter Issue 83 - 01 March 2004

Date 01/03/2004

Please click here for the latest a2a e-mail newsletter produced by Axiss Australia - a summary of the key events of the past fortnight shaping Australia's position as a global financial services centre in the Asian time zone.
AEX Index And Amsterdam Midkap Index To Trade In New Composition As Of 2 March Following Annual Reweighting

Date 01/03/2004

Annual reweighting of indices In accordance with the rules for the AEX index (AEX) and the rules for the Amsterdam Midkap index (AMX), each index is reweighted annually on the first day of trading in March. This year's reweighting will lead to the following changes in the composition of the indices, which will come into effect on Tuesday 2 March 2003.
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Berhad: Mohd Azlan's Tenure Ends, Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin And Yusli Come On Board

Date 28/02/2004

Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Berhad (KLSE Bhd) held a handover ceremony for outgoing Executive Chairman Dato' Mohd Azlan Hashim.