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CBOT<SUP><SMALL>®</SUP></SMALL> May Volume Soars 50.4% To 43,797,299 Contracts, The Highest In Exchange's 155-Year History - Total Reflects 4 Record Days In May

Date 03/06/2003

Soaring 50.4% in May to 43,797,299 contracts from 29,119,791 a year earlier, Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) volume set an all-time high for any month in the exchange's 155-year history. The record monthly total reflects four daily records set during the month, including the exchange's first-ever daily trade of more than 3 million contracts--a total of 3,286,987 on May 28.
ADP/SIS Extends Its Functionality By Adding Security Futures Processing

Date 03/06/2003

ADP Securities Industry Software (ADP/SIS), a division of Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s (NYSE: ADP) Brokerage Services Group, announced today that it now supports security futures on its real-time securities transaction processing platform.
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. Announces Intent To Launch New Indices - TOPIX 1000 And Mothers Index

Date 02/06/2003

The Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announced today its intent to launch new indices, TOPIX 1000 and Mothers Index,, as well as some measures to make its existing indices more attractive. These actions reflect opinions from TOPIX users and TSE expects the indices to provide new measure in the Japanese stock market as well as to contribute to the development of financial products.
The 10x Group Announces Index Enhancements - Encourages Fellow Publishers To Follow The Lead

Date 02/06/2003

The 10x Group (10x), a leading provider of transaction-based market data for the North American OTC gas and power markets, is bringing further transparency to its indices.
Taiwan Futures Exchange May 2003 Trading Statistics

Date 02/06/2003

21 trading days Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 101,938 contracts

Stockholmsbörsen: XACT SBX - Initial Listing Of New Exchange Traded Fund

Date 02/06/2003

As of today, XACT SBX is listed on Stockholmsbörsen, marking the addition of another ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) to Stockholmsbörsen's ETF segment. XACT SBX tracks Stockholmsbörsen's benchmark index (SBX), which comprises the 80-100 most heavily traded shares on the Exchange.
OneChicago Week in Review

Date 02/06/2003

DIAMONDS ® Spreads Trading hours for futures on the DIAMONDS (DIA1C) have been extended to 3:15 p.m. Central time beginning today. All OneChicago products still begin trading at 8:15 a.m. Central time and futures on single stocks still close at 3 p.m. Central. Futures on the DIAMONDS (DIA1C) bid/ask spread performance last week:
OneChicago Reports Volume Increase For May 2003

Date 02/06/2003

OneChicago, LLC today announced that it traded 101,689 contracts in May, which is a 28% increase over April. The month included a record-high daily volume of 16,962 May 5.
NASD Agrees to Principle Terms To Sell American Stock Exchange To GTCR Golder Rauner LLC

Date 02/06/2003

NASD announced today that it has agreed to principle terms to sell its interest in the American Stock Exchange (Amex) to GTCR Golder Rauner LLC (GTCR), a Chicago-based private equity firm. The transaction, which would be valued at approximately $110 million, is subject to the completion of definitive sale documents and approvals by NASD's Board of Governors, Amex's Board of Governors, vote of the Amex membership and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Monthly Statistics Stockholmsbörsen May 2003

Date 02/06/2003

As of May 5, the Pfizer Inc. shares are traded on the Xternal list, i.e. the new list for non-Swedish shares. Share trading The average share trading turnover per business day amounted to SEK 9 072 million during May (during the past 12-month period: 8 925). In April 2003 the average share trading turnover per business day amounted to SEK 9 272 million. The average number of closed transactions per business day has been 33 623 during May (during the past 12-mon