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Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Demutualisation Significant For Capital Market Development

Date 02/01/2003

The demutualisation of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) is significant for capital market development in Malaysia.
IPE Launches New IPE Brent Pricing Indices

Date 02/01/2003

The International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), Europe's leading energy exchange, today announced that it will publish two new indices for IPE Brent Crude futures as of Friday 3rd January 2003.
Eurex Turns Over 54 Million Contracts In December - Annual Turnover In 2002, With 801 Million Contracts, 19 Percent Higher Than Year Before -120 Percent Growth In DJ Euro STOXX 50 Futures And 213 Percent In DJ Euro STOXX Options

Date 02/01/2003

Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, completed the year 2002 with a record volume of 801 million contracts traded, surpassing the previous year's total by 19 percent and continuing to expand its position as the world's leading derivatives exchange. The turnover figures for December reflect the rising volumes for the year overall: In the last month of the year just ended, 54 million contracts were traded and cleared at Eurex, an increase of more than 23 percent over the number traded in
Deutsche Börse: 245 Billion Euros Turnover On German Stock Exchanges In December

Date 02/01/2003

The aggregate turnover statistics show that a total volume of 245 billion euros was traded on all German stock exchanges in the last month of trading in 2002 (December 2001: 257 billion euros). The December total comprises about 151.5 billion euros in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds as well as some 93.5 billion euros in fixed-income securities. This means that a total of some 3.5 trillion euros in volume was traded on the German stock exchanges in the year 2002 (2001: 4.5 trillion e
December Volume: CME 2002 Trading Volume Reaches All-Time Record Of 558.4 Million Contracts, Averaging 2.2 Million A Day

Date 02/01/2003

Trading volume on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) reached a record 558.4 million contracts in 2002, the highest level in the exchange's 104-year history and 36 percent higher than CME's previous record year in 2001. Volume on CME's GLOBEXÒ electronic trading platform rose 142 percent over the record set in 2001 to reach nearly 198 million contracts last year.

Copenhagen Stock Exchange Continued Handsome Share Trading In A Difficult Market In 2002, And High Activity On The Bond Market

Date 02/01/2003

The value of share trading in 2002 came to DKK 391 billion, which corresponds to a decrease of an apparent 29 per cent compared with DKK 551 billion (adjusted to DKK 405 billion) in 2001. In 2001, the reporting rules were amended, which caused a technical drop in turnover of approx. 40 per cent.
CBOT to Increase Promotion of Exchange's Marketprofile

Date 02/01/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the world's oldest derivatives marketplace, today launched a new section of www.cbot.com to feature information on and promote the exchange's marketprofilesm decision support tool. The site also features a new marketprofilesm logo, slogan and banner advertisements, all designed to increase promotion of this product and the benefits it provides to market participants.
CBOT Dec. 02 Fed Funds Settle At 98.762

Date 02/01/2003

The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for December 2002 was cash settled January 2, 2003 at a final settlement price of 98.762, for an average overnight effective rate of 1.238 percent during the delivery month.
Baltic Stock Exchanges: Review Of The Baltic List

Date 02/01/2003

From 2 January 2003, the composition of the Baltic List will remain the same as Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian stock exchanges reviewed the composition of the Baltic List.
Another New Open Interest Record For NYBOT's World Sugar Futures Contract

Date 02/01/2003

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that its Sugar No. 11 futures contract set another new open interest record on December 31, 2002, of 222,585 contracts. The new record replaces the previous futures open interest high of 221,913 contracts set on December 20, 2002.