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March 03, 2003 - March 07, 2003

ISE SENTIMENT INDEX (ISEE) FOR   02/24/2003 - 02/28/2003
 Date Index
2/28/2003 99
2/27/2003 118
2/26/2003 136
2/25/2003 147
2/24/2003 148

ECONOMIC EVENTS
Release Date Release Time Indicator Period
03-03-038:30
8:30
10:00
10:00
Personal Income
Personal Consumption
Institute for Supply Management Business Index
Construction Spending
Jan
Jan
Feb
Jan
03-04-03 none
03-05-0310:00
2:00
Institute for Supply Management Svcs Index
Federal Reserve's Beige Book Report
Feb
Jan
03-06-038:30
8:30
10:00
Initial Claims for Unemployment
Productivity -- Revised
Factory Orders
Latest Week
4Q
Jan
03-07-038:30
8:30
8:30
3:00
Unemployment Rate
Non-farm Payrolls
Avg. Hourly Earnings
Consumer Credit
Feb
Feb
Feb.
Jan

EXPECTED EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Date Symbol
3/3/2003HRC
3/3/2003MIR
3/3/2003GT
3/3/2003NEM
3/4/2003BVF
3/4/2003DISH
3/4/2003HC
3/4/2003AZO
3/4/2003MSO
3/4/2003KSS
3/4/2003BJ
3/5/2003ADRX
3/5/2003COST
3/5/2003IPG
3/5/2003GENZ
3/5/2003TOY
3/5/2003SPLS
3/6/2003V
3/6/2003ANN
3/6/2003ICN
3/6/2003NSM
3/7/2003EP

MAJOR MARKET EVENTS
Date Event

MARKET BENCHMARKS
Benchmark Symbol Level 21-dma 50-dma 200-dma
Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA 7,891.08 7,924.12 8,251.70 8,601.02
S&P; 500 Index SPX 841.15 838.81 872.31 910.33
S& 500 Index March Futures SP/3H 840.90 839.06 871.94 910.41
NASDAQ 100 Index NDX 1,009.74 984.16 1,011.25 1,010.49
S&P; 100 Index OEX 425.36 424.35 441.90 458.46

ISE MOST ACTIVE CALL SERIES FOR   02/24/2003 - 02/28/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Mar, 2003 25 9,533
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Mar, 2003 25 9,036
3   Home Depot Inc. 3 HD Mar, 2003 22 7,896
4   Microsoft Corporation 10 MSQ Mar, 2003 25 7,861
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Mar, 2003 25 7,584
6   Intel Corporation 6 NQ Mar, 2003 15 7,460
7   Cisco Systems Inc. 9 CYQ Mar, 2003 15 7,342
8   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Mar, 2003 25 7,182
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Mar, 2003 26 7,175
10   Hewlett-Packard Company 9 HHY Mar, 2003 17 6,239

ISE MOST ACTIVE PUT SERIES FOR   02/24/2003 - 02/28/2003
 Rank   Issuer   Bin   Option Symbol   Expiration   Strike   Volume 
1   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Mar, 2003 25 8,431
2   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Mar, 2003 25 7,882
3   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 25 6,416
4   Concord EFS Inc. 1 CE Mar, 2003 10 5,697
5   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Apr, 2003 25 5,520
6   UAL Corporation 3 ZUA Jan, 2005 5 4,790
7   Applied Materials Inc. 9 ANQ Mar, 2003 12 4,698
8   Freddie Mac 6 FRE Jul, 2003 50 4,570
9   Nasdaq-100 Shares 2 QAV Mar, 2003 25 4,544
10   Symantec Corporation 8 SYQ Mar, 2003 40 4,501
 


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