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Korea Stock Exchange Monthly Report - August 2003

Date 02/09/2003

Stock Market August July Change % KOSPI

Kansas City Board Of Trade Membership Trades At Record High

Date 02/09/2003

The Kansas City Board of Trade on Friday set an all-time record for the sale of a Class "A" or full membership (share) at $95,000.

HKEx: No Afternoon Trading Session In Securities And Derivatives Markets Due To Issue Of Typhoon Signal No. 8

Date 02/09/2003

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announces that there will be no afternoon trading session for the securities and derivatives markets today due to the issue of Typhoon Signal no. 8. The trading of the two iShares of the securities market, the HIBOR Futures and Three-year EFN Futures of the derivatives market will be terminated at 2:35 pm (15 minutes after the signal was issued).

FTSEurofirst Trades Record Volumes

Date 02/09/2003

Euronext.liffe's FTSEurofirst index futures set a new daily record of 8,260 contracts on Monday 1 September. The FTSEurofirst 80 traded 3,244 contracts and the FTSEurofirst 100, traded 5,016 contracts. The contracts were launched on Monday 23 June 2003.

FTSE All-World Review - August 2003 Issue Now Available

Date 02/09/2003

The August 2003 issue of the FTSE All-World Review is now available in PDF format from the FTSE website at http://www.ftseall-world.com.

Fimat Reinforces European Network - Amaury De Villemandy Promoted Deputy General Manager In London - Christian Altmayer Promoted Managing Director In Paris

Date 02/09/2003

The Fimat Group, one of the world's leading global brokerage organizations and part of Société Générale Group announces the appointment of Amaury de Villemandy, currently General Manager of Fimat's office in Paris, to the position of Deputy General Manager of the London office.

D-Cyphatrade Announces Exchange-Traded Electricity Options For The Australian Electricity Market

Date 02/09/2003

d-cyphaTrade has announced the listing of 'Options' on the d-cypha SFE Australian Electricity Futures contracts. The new electricity options will be listed on the Sydney Futures Exchange with a phase one launch date currently scheduled for Quarter 4 this year.

Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Record Breaking Share Trading On The Exchange In August

Date 02/09/2003

Share trading in August broke several records. Never before has the trading volume in the trading system been higher. Trading over the trading system totalled DKK 28.4 billion, 13 per cent higher than the most recent record in October 2000. The number of trades effected in the trading system reached 135.187, which is also a record.

CME's Volume Increased 16 Percent Year-to-Date In August; Electronic Volume Rose 60 Percent - New Global Open Interest Record Set Aug. 29 At Nearly 29 Million Positions

Date 02/09/2003

Trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) rose nearly 16 percent to 423.6 million contracts for the first eight months of 2003 versus 2002. Year-to-date through August, average daily volume stands at more than 2.5 million contracts, a 16 percent increase from the same period a year ago. CME averaged 2.3 million contracts per day in August, an increase of 6 percent over August 2002 levels.

CBOT Fed Funds August Settlement

Date 02/09/2003

The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for August 2003 was cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 98.971, for an average daily effective federal funds rate of 1.029 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.