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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Prices Initial Public Offering At $35 Per Share; Class A Common Stock To Begin Trading On NYSE Dec. 6

Date 06/12/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME) yesterday priced its initial public offering of 4,751,070 shares of Class A common stock at $35 per share. A total of 3 million shares are being sold by the company. The remainder are being sold by existing shareholders. The company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Class A shares by existing shareholders. The Class A common stock is expected to begin trading on Friday, Dec. 6.
CBOT Fed Watch

Date 06/12/2002

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on December 10, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
CBOE Announces Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 06/12/2002

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule in observance of the Christmas and New Year's day holidays: (all noted times are Chicago time)
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - November 2002

Date 06/12/2002

Turnover for November was EUR 61,830.4 million. This compares to EUR 57,870.6 million in October. Domestic turnover in November was EUR 52,453.9 million, foreign turnover 8,189.7 million, Nuovo Mercato, Domestic, EUR 1,159.3 million, Nuovo Mercato, Foreign, EUR 6.6 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 20.9 million.
SWX Swiss Exchange: Discontinuation Of SNMI (SWX New Market Index)

Date 05/12/2002

Following consultation with the Index Commission, the Management Board of the SWX Swiss Exchange has decided that computation of the SNMI (SWX New Market Index) will cease as of 1 July 2003. The rationale behind this decision is the reduced meaningfulness of the SNMI as a market barometer. For a number of months now, waning interest in this market segment on the part of issuers has led to the fact that companies previously listed in the SWX New Market have changed to other trading segments. In o

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 05/12/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: After the close of trading on Thursday, December 5, 2002, Carfinco Inc. (TSXVN:YCR) will be deleted from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. The company has been converted into an income trust - Carfinco Income Fund (TSXVN: CFN.UN).
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

Date 05/12/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following change in the S&P/TSX Canadian Information Technology Sector Index:
SEC Roundtables On International Impact

Date 05/12/2002

SEC Chairman Harvey L. Pitt announced today that the Securities and Exchange Commission will hold two interactive roundtable meetings to discuss the international impact of proposed rules on auditor independence and attorney conduct to be promulgated under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Regular Reshuffle For FTSE UK Indices

Date 05/12/2002

The annual review of the FTSE All-Share index and the quarterly review of the FTSE 100 and other UK indices will be announced after the UK market closes on Wednesday 11th December 2002.
Program Trading Averaged 30.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 25-Nov. 29, 2002

Date 05/12/2002

firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Nov. 25-Nov. 29, 2002.