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Exchange To Extend NYMEX ACCESS® Trading Hours

Date 05/03/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it will extend the trading hours for its energy contracts on the NYMEX ACCESS® electronic trading system to 9:30 A.M. beginning on March 10.
Euronext.Liffe Gains 98% Market Share Of Eonia Contract In First Month Of Trading

Date 05/03/2003

Euronext.liffe, the international derivatives business of Euronext, has strengthened its position as the world's preferred market place for trading in eurozone short term interest rate futures, gaining 98% market share in one-month futures contracts based on the Euro Over-night Index Average interest rate ("EONIA"). The contract has traded 22,128 contracts in its first month, representing an implied underlying value of €66 billion, with an average daily volume of 1,106 contracts.
Deutsche Börse: FWB Exchange Council Elects Two New Members - Exchange Council Appoints Two New FWB General Managers

Date 05/03/2003

At its meeting on Wednesday, the Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) elected two new members: Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley, member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG succeeds Max-Dietrich Kley, member of the Executive Board of BASF AG; and Wolf-Dietrich Martin, member of the Executive Board of Wolfgang Steubing AG, succeeds Jürgen Walter, member of the Executive Board of Baader Securities AG.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Continued Weak Share Trading, But Bustling Activity On The Derivatives And Bond Markets

Date 05/03/2003

In February, turnover on the equity market remained weak, and share trading amounted to DKK 21.5 billion, corresponding to a fall of 21 per cent on January. The value of average daily trading came to DKK 1.1 billion, which is a decrease of just under 13 per cent compared with January.
Clearstream's CreationOnline Service Sees Strong Growth In First Five Months

Date 05/03/2003

CreationOnline, the interactive web-browser interface to Clearstream's settlement platform Creation, has seen substantial growth since its launch with now over 200 Clearstream customers using this connectivity solution. In just five months since its launch in September 2002, customer adoption rates have steadily climbed and have now reached 120% of initial internal target levels at this stage.

BrokerTec Futures Exchange Trades 143,275 Contracts In February - Open Interest On February 28th Was 21,999 Contracts

Date 05/03/2003

BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX), the nation's only fully-electronic fixed income futures exchange, announced today a monthly volume of 143,275 contracts in February, a 44.51 percent increase over the 99,142 contracts traded in the same period last year. Volume year-to-date is 348,671, compared to 215,216 contracts traded during the first two months of last year for an increase of 62.01 percent. In addition, open interest on February 28th stood at 21,999 contracts, compared to 22,808 one
WCE Western Barley Futures And Options See Increase In Volumes Over Year-Ago Totals

Date 04/03/2003

Activity in WCE western barley futures volume rose for the month of February, up 15.7% at 18,933 contracts, compared to the 16,370 contracts traded in February 2002. Western barley futures volume for February 2003 also exceeded last month's (January 2003) volume by 79.4%.
Toronto Stock Exchange Statistics - February 2003

Date 04/03/2003

This Month's Highlights
Successful Transition To The ICE Platform (IPE ETS) For IPE Brent Crude And IPE Gas Oil Future - February Another Record Breaking Month

Date 04/03/2003

The International Petroleum Exchange, Europe's leading energy futures and options exchange, today announced the successful transition to IntercontinentalExchange's WebICE trading platform (also referred to as IPE ETS) of its extended hours trading sessions for IPE Brent Crude and Gas Oil futures.
RTS Order-Driven Market: Weekly Data February 25th-February 28th

Date 04/03/2003

For the week of February 25th - February 28th, 2003, securities traded on the Order-driven market 5 306 times. Daily average turnover equaled 169 million shares and 1 622 million rubles, a 40% increase in terms of shares, and 18% - in rubles over the previous week. Internet trading accounted for 27% of total weekly trading volume.