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London Metal Exchange April 2003 Volume

Date 02/05/2003

The London Metal Exchange traded a total of 5,355,992 lots in April 2003. This figure was made up of 5,141,876 lots of futures, 212,025 lots of options and 2,091 lots of TAPOs.
ISE Secures Position As Largest US Equity Options Exchange Volume Fueled By Trading System Innovations

Date 02/05/2003

For the third consecutive month, the International Securities Exchange (ISE) was the largest US equity options exchange. ISE traded more equity options than any other US options exchange in April, according to trading volume analysis. ISE's equity options market share was 30% in April, a 58% increase compared to 19% for the same year-ago period.
Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - April 2003

Date 02/05/2003

Equity turnover for April was EUR 6,232.86 million while that for bonds was EUR 5,400.33 million.
ICEX News And Views - High Turnover In April

Date 02/05/2003

This issue's topics are the turnover in April, nominations for IR Nordic Awards 2003, SAXESS update, first meeting of IIR and the new vice-chairman of NOREX.
Eurex Turns Over 79 Million Contracts In April - 40 Percent Increase Over Previous Year/ Eurex Bonds Shows 62 Percent Growth In Volume/ Record Results In Option On Allianz

Date 02/05/2003

Eurex, the international derivatives market, traded and cleared some 79 million contracts in April. This is a 40 percent increase over the April 2002 volume for the world's largest derivatives exchange and corresponds to an average of some 4 million contracts traded per day. The market participants, who are connected to Eurex worldwide from 650 locations, turned over a total of some 344 million contracts during the first four months of 2003.

Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Handsome Price Rises In April

Date 02/05/2003

In April, the KFX Index gained a little over 10 per cent, which is the 5th largest month-to-month increase since the introduction of the KFX Index. To the shareholders the price rises mean that the value of the Danish equity market has grown by DKK 57.3 billion in April. In the first four months of the year, the KFX Index has gained some 3 per cent.
CBOT April Volume At 30,642,252 Up 29.1% From A Year Earlier

Date 02/05/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced exchange trading volume of 30,642,252 contracts for April 2003, up 29.1% from the same month a year earlier, and bringing the total for the year-to-date (YTD) to 125,792,836, an increase of 32.4% from the total for the first four months of 2002. The April total was the seventh highest month on record for the CBOT.
BrokerTec Futures Exchange Volume Up 54% For The First Four Months Of This Year Over The Same Period Last Year - Open Interest On April 30th Hits An All-Time High Of 34,440 Contracts

Date 02/05/2003

BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX), the nation's only fully-electronic fixed income futures exchange, announced today that volume year-to-date is up 54 percent over the same period last year - turnover for the first four months of 2003 was 669,763 contracts compared to 435,103 contracts during the first four months of 2002.
Bolsa De Madrid Begins To Trade 7 New Warrant Certificates

Date 02/05/2003

On 28th April Bolsa de Madrid started the trading of 7 new warrant certificates issued by Santander Central Hispano Investment. The underlying assets of the warrants are Santander Central Hispano's shares.
April Volume: CME April Volume Totals 49.5 Million Contracts, Averaging 2.35 Million Contracts Per Day - GLOBEX® Electronic Trading Volume Of 22 Million, Up 73 Percent Over April 2002

Date 02/05/2003

Trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) averaged 2.35 million contracts per day during April, an increase of 19 percent over April 2002. April volume totaled 49.5 million contracts, including more than 22 million contracts traded on CME's GLOBEX® electronic trading platform, an increase of 73 percent from April 2002 levels.